Negotiations And Love Songs 1971-1986
by Paul Simon
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Paul Simon bestography
Negotiations And Love Songs 1971-1986 is ranked 18th best out of 29 albums by Paul Simon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paul Simon is Graceland which is ranked number 120 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,458.
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Negotiations And Love Songs 1971-1986 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Negotiations And Love Songs 1971-1986 rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1988 | 60/83 | - |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 16 Music Albums of 1988 | 12/16 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2401-2500 | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 74 Music Albums of 1988 | 69/74 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1988 | 67/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  RoundTheBend | Top Scrobbled Albums | 26/100 | - |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 68 Music Albums of 1988 | 20/68 | 4 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2021 | RoundTheBend | Top 41 Music Albums of 1988 | 6/41 | 4 |
| 2020 | zowie | Top 5 Music Albums of 1988 | 5/5 | 1 |
| 2018 | Rich150 | A Chart of Compilations | 25/49 | - |
| 2017 | RoundTheBend | Top Rated Albums 101-200 | 82/99 | - |
| 2016 | n8rob | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 98/100 | - |
| 2016 | RoundTheBend | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1988 | 4/33 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 41 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2026 16:17 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2026 03:26 | Marswolf68 | 933 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2024 23:04 |  NowhereMan | 1,456 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2024 05:00 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2024 08:55 | TonySayers61 | 25,221 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.2/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Really really nice compilation. one of the all time great singer / songwriters
RoundTheBend 12/02/2017 20:03 | #202533
Wow - I know compilations don't get a lot of love on this site, but wow, this is a must for those who want to get into Paul Simon between Graceland and his Simon and Garfunkel years.
RoundTheBend 04/30/2016 23:17 | #164911
AMAZING selections of songs. Grew up on this.
Almost a masterpiece. Could have done with 2 or 3 more songs I consider among his best, like "American Tune and "Graceland", but as it is - a sweet and chilled out listening experience. One of the great songwriters, I remember he got a box set a few years later.
A great retrospective of the career on one of America's best singer/songwriters. All of the music that made him famous, up until 1986, is here.
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