Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws
by Bruce Cockburn

Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws by Bruce Cockburn
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 10,734th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (150th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,514th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,734th)

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Bruce Cockburn bestography

Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws is ranked 2nd best out of 34 albums by Bruce Cockburn on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bruce Cockburn is Stealing Fire which is ranked number 8445 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 148.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,734th | 1970s rank: 1,514th | 1979 rank: 150th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 35 votes)
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09/01/2025 09:48 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,95673/100
 
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04/18/2025 21:58 Vinyl  Ratings distribution  52280/100
 
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01/18/2024 16:34 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,49869/100
 
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11/24/2023 13:27 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,24075/100
 
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10/31/2022 20:01 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,14372/100

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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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From 02/10/2016 03:48 | #159233
Best Track: Wondering Where the Lions Are
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From 01/28/2015 03:56 | #132780
A big splash by Cockburn... and there's much more to this than Wondering Where the Lions Are. A quality folk-rock album with a concience.
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