Marjory Razorblade
by Kevin Coyne

Marjory Razorblade by Kevin Coyne
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 8,575th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 44 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (154th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,292nd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,575th)

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Marjory Razorblade is ranked 3rd best out of 33 albums by Kevin Coyne on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kevin Coyne is Sanity Stomp which is ranked number 5687 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 236.

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Overall rank: 8,575th | 1970s rank: 1,292nd | 1973 rank: 154th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 44 votes)
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01/02/2026 01:12 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,21470/100
 
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10/29/2025 02:11 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,68966/100
 
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01/04/2025 21:18 goodhumourman  Ratings distribution  3866/100
 
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12/03/2024 23:11 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,03974/100
 
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08/12/2024 16:35 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,65877/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.

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90/100
From 01/04/2025 21:17 | #306803
Really enjoyed this one!! Honestly should be ranked higher. British blues with a strong vein of sincere quirkiness. Well recorded too
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From 01/16/2018 17:59 | #205809
"Marjory Razorblade' is a conscientiously passionate and impetuous work that is one of the all-time masterpieces to have emerged from the UK."
I totally agree. But does that not mean it must get a better ranking?
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From 07/31/2011 17:40 | #25362
Kevin Coyne who carved out mythological stories of pathos. His vocal style was a rough kind of grumbling reminiscent of Captain Beefheart and his arrangements were spartan and bizarre. 'Marjory Razorblade' consists of a series of stories of alienation, insanity and alcholism. In the heart of Coyne's music are the blues of the Delta allied to the 'ship of fools' theme common to English literature. 'Marjory Razorblade' is a conscientiously passionate and impetuous work that is one of of the all-time masterpieces to have emerged from the UK.
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