Ceremony (studio album) by Spooky Tooth

Ceremony by Spooky Tooth
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 13,365th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 20 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (183rd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (961st)
Award Best albums of all time (13,365th)
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Spooky Tooth bestography

Ceremony is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Spooky Tooth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Spooky Tooth is Spooky Two which is ranked number 5558 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 238.

Spooky Tooth album bestography « Higher ranked (12,444th) This album (13,365th) Lower ranked (27,278th) »
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70/100 (from 20 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 69.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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From 02/15/2020 23:27
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.
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From 04/15/2019 08:39
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.
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From 01/25/2016 14:59
A very experimental record. Challenging but rockin', love it!
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From 11/02/2014 23:54
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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