About Face (studio album) by David Gilmour

About Face by David Gilmour
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 8,350th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 91 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (128th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,231st)
Award Best albums of all time (8,350th)
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David Gilmour ~ About Face CK-39296 1984 CD 1st Press (Near Mint)
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David Gilmour bestography

About Face is ranked 6th best out of 6 albums by David Gilmour on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by David Gilmour is On An Island which is ranked number 3165 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 469.

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 91 votes)
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04/03/2024 01:30 PapaShiz86  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 8,48679/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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From 07/06/2018 22:32
The song Murder is as good as anything put out by Floyd; solo or otherwise
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From 07/29/2014 01:15
this is a pleasing enough album when playing, but I fail to remember much of it afterwards.
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From 08/30/2012 13:15
It's hard not to notice the similarities to Pink Floyd, but the arrangement typical for the eighties. You can listen to more than once :)
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