Ceremony
by Spooky Tooth
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Ceremony is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Spooky Tooth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Spooky Tooth is Spooky Two which is ranked number 6023 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 223.
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Ceremony track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/15/2026 03:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,354 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2025 16:50 | Philly28 | 952 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2025 15:50 |  RockyRaccoon | 7,159 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 11:35 |  jeremy9 | 3,767 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2023 02:35 | dhbarrett | 8,613 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 65.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.0.
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sssvnnn 02/15/2020 23:27 | #247832 | TOP COMMENT
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Avandgardistic collaboration of "Music concrete"Pierre Henry and Spooky Tooth´s Gary Wright.
I think Pierre Henry is better without Spooky Tooth and Spooky Tooths is sure better without Pierre Henry.
Interesting and challenging anyway.
AndrewJFisher 04/15/2019 08:39 | #235017 | TOP COMMENT
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The first gospel metal album! ;) Seriously, it does sound strange to say the least, not like a bluesy, gospel album. Maybe not dishonest, but "irreverently reverent" you could say, they're singing humble, faithful words, but with an aggressive, self-faith. That's the Spooky Tooth side of it anyway. Some said Pierre Henry's "background noises" ruined it, but I don't know that a heavy metal mass like this, by itself, would be interesting enough. What Pierre's strange noise and speech adds to it and has to do with religion is hard to say, I think maybe it gives an impression of what's really on in the congregations' minds as they're paying lip service to God. The one I found most amusing was the blubbering voice, synchronized with the guitar riff on "Jubilation". So I understand, neither Spooky Tooth nor Pierre Henry were very happy with the album and I don't think either of them really cared for the type of music that the other did, but today I find the album interesting and a good listening experience.
A very experimental record. Challenging but rockin', love it!
Totally different from all their other lp's, and unlike any other lp by anyone. Sounds like a rock band performing in a cathedral next to a building site. Amazing and brilliant.
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