Back To Front
by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Back To Front by Gilbert O'Sullivan
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 8,759th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 34 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (128th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,289th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,759th)

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Overall rank: 8,759th | 1970s rank: 1,289th | 1972 rank: 128th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).

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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 34 votes)
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03/29/2026 21:48 Deckard  Ratings distribution  26780/100
 
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01/12/2026 13:13 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,10170/100
 
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06/05/2025 10:31 Liedzeit  Ratings distribution  2,46374/100
 
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01/05/2024 21:49 mostlymor  Ratings distribution  6,95679/100
 
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05/15/2023 20:05 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,73970/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.4/100, a mean average of 64.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.6.


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65/100
One good banger, others are very nice poppy pop tracks for young girls.
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