Tape From California
by Phil Ochs
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Phil Ochs bestography
Tape From California is ranked 9th best out of 13 albums by Phil Ochs on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Phil Ochs is I Ain't Marching Anymore which is ranked number 3700 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 401.
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Tape From California track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tape From California rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of the year 1968 by U R C | 89/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Top 16 Music Albums of 1968 | 16/16 | 0 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of the 60's (301 - 400) by URC | 59/100 | - |
| 2022 | Uncut | Uncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1960s (301-400) | 59/100 | - |
| 2020 | AlienCinema | Top 81 Music Albums of 1968 | 57/81 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2017 | dogieboy6 | Top 33 Music Albums of the 1960s | 31/33 | 2 |
| 2017 |  Mercury | 1960s Singer/Songwriter Albums | 79/100 | - |
| 2014 | vmp | Top 40 Music Albums of 1968 | 16/40 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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Tape From California ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/13/2024 12:05 | TonySayers61 | 25,363 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2022 23:08 | Moondance | 20,790 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2022 22:54 | Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2022 03:16 | Taosjohn | 850 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2020 19:50 | jnfbn | 8,878 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 65.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.1.
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High summer, 1970, four of us in a non-air-conditioned apartment on the third floor overlooking Central Square, getting high. Radio news came on and delivered the bummer story of the day from Viet Nam, again-- and suddenly the room changed. Frank, mild mannered Frank, wouldn't say s++t if he'd a mouthful, reached his limit. He threw up the window sashes, hauled the speakers over to the windowsills, fired up the turntable and dropped the needle on "The War Is Over."
The square was full of foot traffic and it was almost like "Get Back;" only the Londoners all knew the Beatles when they heard them, and these people, most of them couldn't have told Phil Ochs from Neil Diamond. They were impacted only by the tune and the sentiments expressed-- but a spring came into every step in the crowd, people laughed and clapped and gave us thumbs ups and peace signs, and a breeze came up the street off the river to show God's approval of Frank's gesture, and for a few minutes the world was exactly what it should be...
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