Bay Of Kings
by Steve Hackett
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Steve Hackett bestography
Bay Of Kings is ranked 25th best out of 43 albums by Steve Hackett on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Hackett is Voyage Of The Acolyte which is ranked number 3940 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 375.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Bay Of Kings track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bay Of Kings rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Steve Hackett (UK) - Ranked | 15/42 | - |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2020 |  Lachapelle | Top 5 Music Albums of 1983 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2019 | Fischman | Steve Hackett Albums Ranked | 13/23 | - |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 1980s | 18/100 | - |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 41 Music Albums of 1983 | 22/41 | 2 |
| 2016 | Tobias273 | Top 62 Music Albums of the 1980s | 45/62 | 6 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 83/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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Bay Of Kings ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/25/2026 22:54 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2025 17:42 | TonySayers61 | 25,157 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2023 20:19 | LosWochos | 47,361 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2020 16:55 | jnfbn | 8,878 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2020 19:10 | pctrooper | 957 | 83/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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TheDude85 08/20/2019 18:13 | #241447
Hackett demonstrates his classical guitar mastery on this self produced solo album. While a noted prog-rock player, Hackett shows his acoustic skills here.
A really enjoyable exploration of the Spanish guitar and his classical technique. If there was an album that showed what an underrated player Hackett is/was, this might be it.
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