Elegy
by The Nice
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The Nice bestography
Elegy is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by The Nice on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Nice is The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack which is ranked number 11623 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 102.
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Elegy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Elegy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 67 Music Albums of 1971 | 49/67 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Dylan covers 5: England (Major Artists) | 17/91 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #301-400 | 18/100 | - |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1971 | 88/92 | 0 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Dylan covers 1: top 100 Dylan cover songs | 17/100 | - |
| 2025 | RockyRaccoon | Hipgnosis | 23/34 | - |
| 2024 | Graeme2 | Prog | 85/100 | - |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | 1971 3RD 100 | 12/99 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Top 20 album covers by Hipgnosis - Goldmine Mag | 9/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5 | |||
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Elegy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/28/2026 14:48 | TonySayers61 | 26,053 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2026 17:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,586 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2025 07:38 | dukeboxkool | 2,285 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.
Elegy forum mentions
RockyRaccoon 04/23/2018 14:22 in Need New Progressive Rock Music RockyRaccoon 09/25/2017 00:49 in Is 70s progressive rock too overblown?Elegy comments
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....and 50 years later I discover The Nice and this album - all because I was doing a custom chart on Bob Dylan covers. You gotta love this site! I have included The Nice's cover of 'My Back Pages; on my 'top 100 Dylan covers' chart.
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