The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album
by John Fahey
John Fahey bestography
The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album is ranked 17th best out of 25 albums by John Fahey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Fahey is Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) which is ranked number 2016 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 819.
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The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of the year 1968 by U R C | 85/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of the 60's (301 - 400) by URC | 49/100 | - |
| 2022 | Uncut | Uncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1960s (301-400) | 49/100 | - |
| 2016 |  Applerill | Top 40 Music Albums of 1968 | 6/40 | 4 |
| 2016 | DJStuart79 | Best Festive Albums | 30/45 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 20:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 6,778 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2025 09:54 | TonySayers61 | 23,424 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2024 01:40 |  teague | 4,331 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2022 01:36 | Hayden | 7,425 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2022 04:04 | Taosjohn | 850 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
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Christmas is a terrible social problem-- one needs music that will not drown out dinner parties, will seem seasonal to children and won't overwork the intelligence of non musical aunts and in-laws, and yet will not insult the intelligence of actual musicians in the crowd.
This is one A+ chunk of the time that needs filling,,,
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