The Color Purple
by Quincy Jones

The Color Purple by Quincy Jones
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 58,451st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 8 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (616th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (6,639th)
Award Best albums of all time (58,451st)

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Quincy Jones bestography

The Color Purple is ranked 11th best out of 27 albums by Quincy Jones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Quincy Jones is The Dude which is ranked number 9412 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 128.

Quincy Jones album bestography « Higher ranked (58,451st)
The Color Purple
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The Color Purple
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The Quintessence

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 58,451st | 1980s rank: 6,639th | 1985 rank: 616th

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