Fred Neil
by Fred Neil
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Fred Neil track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fred Neil rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1967 | 23/46 | - |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Tom Club (Waits`favs+sound-alikes) | 64/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 40 Music Albums of 1966 | 30/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 37 Music Albums of 1966 | 34/37 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 85 Music Albums of 1966 | 7/85 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 20 Music Albums of 1966 | 16/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1966 | 7/49 | 4 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 82/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1966 | 27/55 | 3 |
| 2026 | arthurbittencourt | Top 65 Music Albums of the 1960s | 4/65 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 90 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 359 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/23/2025 09:11 | VeVt | 98 | 39/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 21:26 | cicadelic | 14,072 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 21:00 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourt
Repo 07/15/2024 14:11 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Liedzeit 10/11/2023 11:04 in What album are you listening to right now?Fred Neil comments
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/19/2017 20:32 | #199805 | TOP COMMENT
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Listening to this was an interesting experience. The whole dreamy vibe, with the strange echoey production especially on the classic opener "The Dolphins" sounded so unique. Also it does sound like it had a slight influence on Buckley. Fred Neil's vocals here are the usual unaffected cool, velvety excellence. And the themes are consistently fascinating.
It is interesting to see how far he went in the more dreamy experimentalism with this album compared to his previous album "Bleecker and MacDougal". While I personally feel like the songwriting and the actual songs on his previous album are more engaging and fun, the production and general flow of this album makes it ascend slightly over his excellent debut.
Also that last song, the 8 minute weird psychedelic instrumental, is cool as hell.
Grade: 8.7/10
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/12/2019 15:45 | #245548 | TOP COMMENT
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Great songwriting, vocals and guitar-playing. This is a very clean album with high quality original songs on it. "Dolphins", "Faretheewell" and "Everybody's Talkin'" are fantastic. The honesty that Fred is able to convey is remarkable, especially on the previously mentioned tracks and especially especially on "Dolphins". I love how that song basically embodies his whole being while remaining sop simple. Every song is enjoyable. A clear influence on Tim Buckley.
jazzylover 09/03/2013 22:17 | #85143 | TOP COMMENT
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Magnificient folk album. A must have.
planetneutral 01/11/2018 00:20 | #205238 | TOP COMMENT
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I liked this much more than I anticipated. Quality songwriting.
'Everybody's talking', 'Dolphins', here are the originals!
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