Old No. 1
by Guy Clark

Old No. 1 by Guy Clark
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 5,078th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 86 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (829th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,078th)

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Old No. 1 is ranked as the best album by Guy Clark.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,078th | 1970s rank: 829th | 1975 rank: 77th
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2026 Sandrof1969Top 30 Music Albums of 197529/300
2026craabTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s36/10013
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 197593/1000
2026 RockyRaccoonCountry/Bluegrass72/92 -
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 19759/1005
2026henrygreen0203Top 32 Music Albums of 19752/325
2026daCriticGreatest Country Albums6/73 -
2026amirmishaliTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s42/10012
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s43/10012
2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s78/1005
2026 Patman360Top 97 Music Albums of 197526/974
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197577/1001
2026 zags7000Overall 201-30057/100 -
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197582/1001
2026henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s33/10014
2026BlueNoteBest Country Albums25/50 -
2026amirmishaliTop 100 Greatest Music Albums88/10013
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1975 by Acclaimed Music37/53 -
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1975 by Ultimate Record Collector13/48 -
2025 RepoTop 87 Music Albums of 197537/873
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 94
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 271
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 86 votes)
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04/03/2026 23:08 maelzoid  Ratings distribution  383/100
 
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12/28/2025 07:50 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,44570/100
 
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09/10/2024 20:43 AngelBecerra  Ratings distribution  1,11978/100

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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.

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90/100
From 11/01/2020 21:50 | #260064
A very enjoyable country record from one of country's best singers. When Clark makes a record, he makes it good.
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From 07/06/2017 05:46 | #193733
Easy living. Wonderful humming driving music.
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From 11/12/2016 23:05 | #178343
An absolute standout country record (probably more folk than country) from legendary Texas songwriter. He writes them here like no one else. Also check him out in the movie Heartworn Highways. He passed in 2016. Essential.

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From 07/16/2012 19:16 | #46613
This is probably the best album from probably the best country songwriter (at least, one of the best) of the latter twentieth century.
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