Plays Live (live album) by Peter Gabriel

Plays Live by Peter Gabriel
(Live album)
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 8,303rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 102 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (115th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,223rd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,303rd)

Peter Gabriel bestography

Plays Live is ranked 12th best out of 27 albums by Peter Gabriel on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Peter Gabriel is So which is ranked number 229 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,394.

Peter Gabriel album bestography « Higher ranked (7,502nd) This album (8,303rd) Lower ranked (9,293rd) »
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The Peter Gabriel Project
Club Madrid at Sunset Station Hotel, Henderson, United States. United States
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01
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20:30
RAEL - The Best of Early Era Genesis and Peter Gabriel
Iridium, New York, United States. United States
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Plays Live track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Plays Live rankings

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 102 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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85/100
From 03/28/2014 11:04
An album that shows the unique experience of a Peter Gabriel's live performance. All the hit are played very well.
A great album.
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75/100
From 02/13/2012 15:47
Very good and lengthy live album which captures Peter's studio approach in a live setting well, a fine summation of his greatest hits just before his greatest solo masterpiece.
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