There's The Rub (studio album) by Wishbone Ash

There's The Rub by Wishbone Ash
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 3,348th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 53 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (595th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,348th)
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Wishbone Ash bestography

There's The Rub is ranked 3rd best out of 44 albums by Wishbone Ash on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wishbone Ash is Argus which is ranked number 860 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,032.

Wishbone Ash album bestography « Higher ranked (2,327th) This album (3,348th) Lower ranked (3,865th) »
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80/100 (from 53 votes)
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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 79.6/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 05/14/2025 22:14
Great classic rock. Especially appreciate that these tunes have not become sonic wallpaper due to overplay like so many of their contemporaries
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From 06/05/2023 16:54
Wishbone should have been bigger; I have always liked them.
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From 08/21/2022 00:30
Another very notable Wishbone Ash album with prog/hard rock themes and stunning guitar. FUBB might be my favorite instrumental piece ever, and that's saying something considering some of the stuff Genesis and Camel made!
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From 06/11/2021 22:07
I listen to an album like this and wonder why Wishbone Ash wasn't bigger. Super crisp instrumentation highlighted by the band's always excellent guitar work, made both accessible enough for casual listeners and intricate enough for deeper fans. Talk about a band full of hidden gems
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Best Albums of 1974
1. Red by King Crimson
2. On The Beach by Neil Young
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis
4. Crime Of The Century by Supertramp
5. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
6. Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell
7. Here Come The Warm Jets by Eno
8. Sheer Heart Attack by Queen
9. A Tábua De Esmeralda by Jorge Ben
10. Diamond Dogs by David Bowie
11. Mirage by Camel
12. Queen II by Queen
13. Radio City by Big Star
14. Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan
15. Kimono My House by Sparks
16. Autobahn by Kraftwerk
17. Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder
18. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard & Linda Thompson
19. No Other by Gene Clark
20. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by Eno
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