One Of A Kind
by Bruford
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Bruford bestography
The best album by Bill Bruford is One Of A Kind which is ranked number 8645 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 144.
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One Of A Kind track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
One Of A Kind rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 41 Music Albums of 1979 | 39/41 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 90 Music Albums of 1979 | 10/90 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1979 | 89/97 | 0 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 50 Music Albums of 1979 | 6/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 12/87 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 27 Music Albums of 1979 | 12/27 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 94/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 144 | |||
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One Of A Kind ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/09/2026 20:54 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,759 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 16:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,603 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2023 22:46 | sssvnnn | 8,494 | 67/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/11/2018 18:24 | #226786 | TOP COMMENT
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Bruford takes his already outstanding prog drumming and cranks it up a notch and creates one of the all time great fusion albums, right up there with the likes of Billy Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon, and Williams.
A fine listen and can see why some put this right up there in the pantheon of great jazz-fusion albums.
Quite egoless as well. Brufords the drummer and yet drums are the least prominent instrument in One Of A Kind
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