Year Of The Cat
by Al Stewart
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Year Of The Cat is ranked as the best album by Al Stewart.
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Year Of The Cat track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Year Of The Cat 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 |  Repo | Top 70 Music Albums of 1976 | 13/70 | 4 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 35 Music Albums of 1976 | 18/35 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1976 | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 26 Music Albums of 1976 | 11/26 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 68 Music Albums of 1976 | 18/68 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 95/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 20 Music Albums of 1976 | 19/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | dihansse | Top 46 Music Albums of 1976 | 3/46 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 183 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 709 | |||
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Year Of The Cat ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2026 11:04 | tomr37 | 354 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2026 23:42 |  MadhattanJack | 6,005 | 66/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 15:24 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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The best album by a great songwriter. (Edited)
Album Rating: 73.00
(657/9)
1.Lord Grenville. 68
2.On The Border. 74
3.Midas Shadow. 67
4.Sand In Your Shoes. 70
5.If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It. 72
6.Flying Sorcery. 73
7.Broadway Hotel. 77
8.One Stage Before. 73
9.Year Of The Cat. 83 (Edited)
Mi álbum favorito de Stewart y mis canciones favoritas de él (Year Of The Cat y On The Border).
One of my all time favourite albums. Such an impressive collection of songs. Seriously underrated album and artist.
This is probably my all-time Number 1 album. Of course, our choices are always mixed up with the time in our lives that they so reflect. But every single track brings up deep-seated memories and feelings. Just a beautiful album, even having listened to it for the last 45 years.
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