Crises
by Mike Oldfield

Crises by Mike Oldfield
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 3,754th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 115 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (52nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (561st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,754th)

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Mike Oldfield bestography

Crises is ranked 3rd best out of 36 albums by Mike Oldfield on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mike Oldfield is Tubular Bells which is ranked number 519 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,364.

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Overall rank: 3,754th | 1980s rank: 561st | 1983 rank: 52nd

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 115 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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From 02/19/2024 13:34 | #302066
Like one user wrote....Commercial ? So what ? I also like this Album very much , brings back certain memories.
Mike proved that he can write catchy pop-tunes.
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From 02/03/2022 16:16 | #280574
By far the most commercial album of Mike Oldfield. Who cares... i enjoy more and more to listen it.
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