Bridges
by Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson

Bridges by Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 5,247th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 38 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1977 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (849th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,247th)

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Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson bestography

Bridges is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson is Winter In America which is ranked number 4162 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 344.

Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson album bestography « Higher ranked (5,100th)
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This album (5,247th)
Bridges
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Overall rank: 5,247th | 1970s rank: 849th | 1977 rank: 77th

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12/07/2025 19:57 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,71170/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.

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From 06/29/2022 16:13 | #286799
Album Rating: 83.88
(671/8)

1.Hello Sunday! Hello Road! 73
2.Song Of The Wind. 74
3.Racetrack In France. 91
4.Vildgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind). 86
5.Under The Hammer. 83
6.We Almost Lost Detroit. 100
7.Tuskeegee #626. (N/a)
8.Delta Man (Where I'm Coming From). 85
9.95 South (All Of The Places We've Been). 79
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From 05/19/2018 21:59 | #215242
Funky as hell. Gil is well known for his lyricism but for me his vocals on here are incredible too. Ranks alongside the stuff they were probably taking influence from like herbie and stevie. One of those that ticks all the boxes that you wonder why you never listened to the bugger before.
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