Breaking Glass
by Hazel O'Connor
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Hazel O'Connor bestography
Breaking Glass is ranked as the best album by Hazel O'Connor.
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Breaking Glass track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Breaking Glass rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 15:30 |  Leonard | 6,607 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:47 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2025 19:49 | LittleM1971 | 5,984 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2025 05:53 | Sumbody | 1,914 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2025 15:57 | cicadelic | 13,634 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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I recall the singles at the time and quite liking her - bit edgy, punky, interesting. I hadn't heard the album until a few years ago and although fairly simplistic and some songs sound like they could have been written and put together by a school band, it is overall an enjoyable listen. Rooted in the 80's so it hasn't particularly dated well but Come Into The Air and Eight Day easily make a worthwhile listen
I doubt I will ever tire of this album - and it is comfortably up there with my other favourite albums. The stand out track is "Will You?" which was a top 10 hit in UK. The Sax on this is hauntingly beautiful! All the tracks though have their merit - so that accounts for the high rating I've given it.
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