Rainbow Takeaway
by Kevin Ayers

Rainbow Takeaway by Kevin Ayers
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 19,825th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 13 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (261st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,456th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,825th)

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Kevin Ayers bestography

Rainbow Takeaway is ranked 4th best out of 24 albums by Kevin Ayers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kevin Ayers is Joy Of A Toy which is ranked number 4092 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 353.

Kevin Ayers album bestography « Higher ranked (17,307th)
The Unfairground
This album (19,825th)
Rainbow Takeaway
Lower ranked (20,601st) »
Bananamour

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 19,825th | 1970s rank: 2,456th | 1978 rank: 261st

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 13 votes)
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05/15/2025 06:25 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,13872/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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