Big Music (studio album)
by Simple Minds
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Simple Minds bestography
Big Music is ranked 11th best out of 25 albums by Simple Minds on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Simple Minds is New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) which is ranked number 768 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,274.
(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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Big Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Big Music rankings
All 8 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 99 Music Albums of 2014 | 91/99 | 0 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2014 | 55/80 | 2 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | Top 70 Music Albums of the 2010s | 4/70 | 19 |
| 2022 | Junomoogmello | Top 2 Music Albums of 2014 | 1/2 | 5 |
| 2020 | Junomoogmello | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 62/100 | 19 |
| 2018 | ruquito124 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2015 | Heaven Magazine | Beste albums van 2015 | 60/100 | - |
| 2014 | marfol | Top 39 Music Albums of 2014 | 14/39 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 57 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 12/29/2024 19:27 | PapaShiz86 | | 79/100 |
100/100 | 11/10/2023 08:31 | Steveas249 | | 88/100 |
75/100 | 05/04/2023 15:35 | sssvnnn | | 67/100 |
70/100 | 04/15/2022 01:09 | Moondance | | 72/100 |
60/100 | 01/27/2022 06:26 |  zags7000 | | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.1.
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Saw Simple Minds tour this at Plymouth Pavillions a few years ago. A brilliant album imo, lots of synth textures and great to see Mel Gaynor back in the drum stool using some electric drums again. Big Music, Blood Diamonds and Honest Town are excellent. Best album since New Gold Dream I reckon.
And to follow up my original comment above, the vinyl version has just been delivered to my door (6/6/18) and this is one of the best albums I have bought on vinyl in a long time, has a real punch that you don't get with the CD. It should be in the top five in the Simple Minds chart listings imo!
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