Judee Sill
by Judee Sill

Judee Sill by Judee Sill
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-09-15
Overall rank: 2,281st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 99 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (51st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (415th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,281st)

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Overall rank: 2,281st | 1970s rank: 415th | 1971 rank: 51st
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2026 DommeDamianTop 29 Music Albums of 19715/294
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s23/10016
2026craabTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s11/10018
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 197168/1002
2026LittleM1971Top 65 Music Albums of 197120/654
2026cicadelicTop 82 Music Albums of 197156/822
2026 O.T.Top 32 Music Albums of 197114/323
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 55 Greatest Music Albums53/555
2026 imacgillTop 57 Music Albums of 197141/571
2026SkernsTop 95 Music Albums of 197171/951
2026 DommeDamianFeb 26: 201-30091/100 -
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 197184/1001
2026 Patman360Top 99 Music Albums of 197144/993
2026 MadhattanJackTop 66 Music Albums of 197146/662
2026 DommeDamianTop 78 Music Albums of the 1970s44/789
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197165/1002
2026 Jimmy DreadFolk Off! Pastoral Perfection for Pixie People17/100 -
2025 WasinskiTop 96 Music Albums of 197118/964
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19714/1005
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (58), #0101-0200*31/97 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 112
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 711
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78/100 (from 99 votes)
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03/15/2026 11:19 Vulgarplacards  Ratings distribution  6494/100
 
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01/15/2026 18:47 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,94781/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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80/100
From 03/08/2023 17:14 | #294820
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From 05/01/2017 19:32 | #190146
FAITH

Faith is not something you can just turn on like a switch. At least not for me. Way too much schooling and thinking knocked it out of me years ago. But faith is real. And it has enormous, even miraculous, power. If you can tap into it. Judge Sill know this. She knows the power of faith and trust in something bigger than herself. And it comes pouring out of her songs. Her voice. Judee knows the way. Because her faith is pure and simple. Like a child’s.

Sometimes in your life you simply need faith. When the waters rise up so high that they become a river and you can no longer just wade through on will power and perseverance. On logic & intellect. When you have to let go, surrender and just let the current take you. Trusting that it will get you to the other shore. The other side. That’s when you need faith to guide you. And Judee Sill and this lovely, honest record can take you there. It can be your raft. If you let it.

Grade: A+. This is folk rock with just the right amount of cosmic country rock to give the songs some heft and ballast so that they stick to your bones and nourish you. The songs are beautiful and her purity of spirit shines though. It’s quite different from any other 70s folk rock to my ears so it took literally multiple tries for this one to click. But like a lot of other albums that take some time to assimilate, when it does, it quickly becomes one of your faves. I’ll be tapping into this and Judee’s faith frequently to guide me on my journey to the other shore. And this swims all the way to number five.
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90/100
From 05/31/2016 14:43 | #167400
One of the most underrated female artists ever. Judee Sill is sadly no longer with us, but she released two excellent solo records that are criminally overlooked. Featuring stunning songs such, Jesus was a crossmaker, my man on love, and, crayon angels, this album is up there with what Joni Mitchell was doing at the time. Brilliant.
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