Hard Nose The Highway
by Van Morrison

Hard Nose The Highway by Van Morrison
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 10,955th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 87 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (180th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,539th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,955th)

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Van Morrison bestography

Hard Nose The Highway is ranked 21st best out of 62 albums by Van Morrison on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Van Morrison is Astral Weeks which is ranked number 67 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,845.

Van Morrison album bestography « Higher ranked (9,589th)
Keep Me Singing
This album (10,955th)
Hard Nose The Highway
Lower ranked (12,844th) »
Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart

(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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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,955th | 1970s rank: 1,539th | 1973 rank: 180th

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73/100 (from 87 votes)
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01/02/2026 00:25 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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06/19/2025 17:41 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,63965/100

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From 03/30/2013 00:28 | #70504
Better than I expected, given the reputation. The cover is pretty awful, however.
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From 09/12/2012 19:37 | #50450
Even if it is not among his best I feel it is underrated!
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From 06/03/2011 15:12 | #22633
This outing, while still very good, is a definite step down from the magnificent five-in-a-row stretch that came before it.
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