The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories
by Kevin Ayers
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Kevin Ayers bestography
The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories is ranked 6th best out of 24 albums by Kevin Ayers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kevin Ayers is Joy Of A Toy which is ranked number 4204 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 347.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 70 Music Albums of 1974 | 28/70 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 56 Music Albums of 1974 | 54/56 | 0 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 32 Music Albums of 1974 | 21/32 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1974 | 38/55 | - |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2015 | davidhuret | top 7 Kevin Ayers albums | 6/7 | - |
| 2015 | platus | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 47/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/06/2025 23:02 | stangetzaway | 2,331 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2024 20:24 | TonySayers61 | 25,933 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2023 23:02 | Pluto11 | 12,301 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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