Kevin Ayers 
The best album credited to Kevin Ayers is Joy Of A Toy which is ranked number 4,204 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 347.
Kevin Ayers is ranked number 1,633 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 842.
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Kevin Ayers best albums
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 04/29/2024 02:13 |  sssvnnn | 513 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2021 11:57 |  Tamthebam | 885 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2021 23:23 |  Liedzeit | 186 | 77/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 82.7/100, a mean average of 87.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 9.0.
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At his best, incomparable.
Captain_Dude 08/05/2016 05:21 | #172337
British rock journalist Nick Kent once wrote: "Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett were the two most important people in British pop music. Everything that came after came from them."
I have to agree.
A very endearing, funny and poetic songwriter.
Love you Kevin
