Marjory Razorblade
by Kevin Coyne

Marjory Razorblade by Kevin Coyne
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-10-00
Overall rank: 8,728th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 44 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (148th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,282nd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,728th)

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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 5925 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 228.

Kevin Coyne album bestography « Higher ranked (8,046th)
Beautiful Extremes 1974-1977
This album (8,728th)
Marjory Razorblade
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Marjory Razorblade

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Marjory Razorblade rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,728th | 1970s rank: 1,282nd | 1973 rank: 148th  Overall chart history
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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  15,32770/100
 
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08/12/2024 16:35 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,88477/100

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This album is rated in the top 18% 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
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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"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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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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