Hard Nose The Highway
by Van Morrison
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
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 73 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,084.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Hard Nose The Highway on YouTube
Hard Nose The Highway track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hard Nose The Highway rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1973 | 25/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1973 | 32/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1973 | 29/48 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1973 | 45/61 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 42 Music Albums of 1973 | 29/42 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1973 | 45/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 70/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 105 | |||
Hard Nose The Highway collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 52 members
Hard Nose The Highway ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 87 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 6 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,602 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 00:04 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,288 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2025 23:58 |  Larcx13 | 2,866 | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
Hard Nose The Highway favourites
Showing all 6 members who have added this album as a favourite
Hard Nose The Highway forum mentions
Hard Nose The Highway comments
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 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.
Even if it is not among his best I feel it is underrated!
eclab 03/30/2013 00:28 | #70504
Better than I expected, given the reputation. The cover is pretty awful, however.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
