Old No. 1
by Guy Clark

Album
Old No. 1 by Guy Clark
Year: 1975
Release date: 1975-11-00
Overall rank: 4,822nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (71st)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (777th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,822nd)

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

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Old No. 1 rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,822nd | 1970s rank: 777th | 1975 rank: 71st  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 87 votes)
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 !		05/06/2026 08:30 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,84083/100
 
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 !		12/28/2025 07:50 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,66970/100

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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.


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From 11/01/2020 21:50 | #260064 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Easy living. Wonderful humming driving music.
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From 11/12/2016 23:05 | #178343 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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