Time Passages
by Al Stewart

Time Passages by Al Stewart
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 7,694th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (120th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,144th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,694th)

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Al Stewart bestography

Time Passages is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by Al Stewart on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Al Stewart is Year Of The Cat which is ranked number 2270 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 721.

Al Stewart album bestography « Higher ranked (2,270th)
Year Of The Cat
This album (7,694th)
Time Passages
Lower ranked (7,694th) »
Time Passages

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,694th | 1970s rank: 1,144th | 1978 rank: 120th

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Time Passages ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 80 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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80/100
From 11/01/2023 15:57 | #299737 | TOP COMMENT
A lost and somehow this has passed me by, A gem, Recommended
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From 07/03/2023 18:17 | #297929 | TOP COMMENT
A couple very nice songs, like Song on the Radio, Palace of Versailles, and especially the title track. Not quite as memorable or consistent as Year of the Cat, but a strong follow-up.
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From 01/06/2021 09:58 | #263908 | TOP COMMENT
The album sounds very nice, with standouts being tracks 1 and 6, however it reminds me too much of "Year of the Cat".
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65/100
From 02/10/2016 21:51 | #159286 | TOP COMMENT
A passable piece of 70's pop. The title cut is great the rest a mixed bag.
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