Back To Basics
by Billy Bragg
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Back To Basics is ranked 4th best out of 22 albums by Billy Bragg on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billy Bragg is Talking With The Taxman About Poetry which is ranked number 3026 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 506.
(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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Back To Basics track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/28/2026 16:44 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2026 16:43 |  Leonard | 6,601 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2024 01:49 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,666 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2024 17:21 | LosWochos | 47,469 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2023 12:50 |  MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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If you want songs of love, longing and loss, they are here in spades. If you want some social commentary, check that box as well. Billy Bragg seemed to have invented his own genre with his early work. Pure, honest, emotional and poetic. In a word, "perfect".
MrBrown 04/13/2013 20:22 | #72869 | TOP COMMENT
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Love the lyrics on this album, they fit really well with the beautiful guitar parts.
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