Dancer With Bruised Knees
by Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Dancer With Bruised Knees by Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 6,119th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (88th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (967th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,119th)

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Kate & Anna McGarrigle bestography

Dancer With Bruised Knees is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Kate & Anna McGarrigle on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle is Kate & Anna McGarrigle which is ranked number 4219 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 340.

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This album (6,119th)
Dancer With Bruised Knees
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,119th | 1970s rank: 967th | 1977 rank: 88th
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2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 197789/1001
2026 LiedzeitTop 100 Greatest Music Albums23/10077
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 197728/1004
2026 O.T.Top 36 Music Albums of 19773/365
2026cicadelicTop 69 Music Albums of 197727/693
2026 WasinskiTop 95 Music Albums of 197788/950
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 197777/1001
2025 LiedzeitTop 100 Music Albums of 19773/1005
2025 O.T.Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s41/10012
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197749/500
2025 O.T.Top 100 Greatest Music Albums96/1005
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1977 by Acclaimed Music61/65 -
2024trajisTop 100 Greatest Music Albums18/10067
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 197729/46 -
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 197733/1003
2023cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 19773/30 -
2023mianfeiTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s83/1004
2023 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s99/1000
2021 LiedzeitTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s16/10017
2021 MercuryTop 59 Music Albums of 197759/590
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 30
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 215
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75/100 (from 35 votes)
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01/06/2026 15:02 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
80/100
 
08/31/2025 12:20 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,63773/100
 
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11/18/2024 01:03 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35881/100
 
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09/14/2024 09:00 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,18072/100
 
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11/16/2023 00:12 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,19474/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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From 03/15/2015 06:38 | #136911
Had the first album before this which most people would say is their best. But something about this, every harmony, every bit of instrumentation even when it's quirky, works beautifully.
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From 09/28/2009 21:43 | #6399
Their first album might be better overall, but it doesn't have "Blanch comme la neige/Perrine etait servante"..It is one of my most favorite album tracks of any genre, partly in french based on a 16th century tune, but perfectly arranged and captures a mood that I have never heard outside of renaissance music...
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