Rock Island (studio album) by Jethro Tull

Rock Island by Jethro Tull
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 19,605th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (273rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,634th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,605th)
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Jethro Tull bestography

Rock Island is ranked 22nd best out of 43 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jethro Tull is Thick As A Brick which is ranked number 290 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,156.

Jethro Tull album bestography « Higher ranked (18,441st) This album (19,605th) Lower ranked (23,816th) »
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Rock Island track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 46 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.0/100, a mean average of 65.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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From 08/18/2021 08:12
All songs are at least solid or really good, gets better with each rotation. Maybe based on the Besteveralbum rankings the most underated Jethro Tull album. Beats "roots to branches" and "Stormwatch" easily.
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