The Incredible String Band 
The best album credited to The Incredible String Band is The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter which is ranked number 1,492 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,142.
The Incredible String Band is ranked number 903 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,811.
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- Clive Palmer
- Mike Heron
- Robin Williamson
- See also:
- Famous Jug Band
- C.O.B.
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The Incredible String Band best albums
The following albums by The Incredible String Band are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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The Incredible String Band bestography composition
The Incredible String Band best tracks
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The Incredible String Band ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 05/26/2025 23:18 | TheSmiths82-87 | 344 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2024 07:18 | platus | 2,128 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2023 01:42 | BorderFreeAndrew | 79 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2023 15:20 |  hoyquarlow | 250 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2022 09:52 | Taosjohn | 39 | 78/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 80.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.6/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 14.7.
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About once an album they pull out something like "Cellular Song," or "Dust be Diamonds," and then despite all the raggedness and dissonance, it is time to take them seriously, and I wind up having to keep four or five albums by a band that I basically don't like, when I have no shelf space to spare. Its a terrible thing, it is...
Strange how their three best songs don't register on their greatest tracks list here. I'm talking about:
Creation from Changing Horses
Darling Belle from Liquid Acrobat as regards the air
Queen Juanita and her fisherman lover from Seasons they change
So sad that more people aren't aware of these amazing masterpieces.
Psych folk at their best
Underrated. Awsome band. It's sad to see that other folk things like Dylan stay in the popular eye, but this just fades.
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