Pieces Of A Man
by Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron bestography
Pieces Of A Man is ranked as the best album by Gil Scott-Heron.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Pieces Of A Man track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Pieces Of A Man ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/23/2026 05:56 | Juneof44 | 2,609 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 22:16 | glebrus | 195 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 16:24 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 21:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 13,374 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:24 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Jboy56 02/22/2022 17:53 | #281761 | TOP COMMENT
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An unfamiliar album, but a great one
seb7 05/07/2021 16:44 | #269463 | TOP COMMENT
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I can't stay home brother. I have tune in, turn on, and cop out to this album. Seriously great.
Larcx13 12/14/2020 23:00 | #262706 | TOP COMMENT
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Soul, jazz, funk, proto-rap... very original for its time and a very nice listen. Whether it's chill vibes or politcal poetry, the man's got it. Great album.
Gets a bit much after about 40 minutes, but some beautiful songs, and the lyrics are worth it alone.
This album is incredible piece of a man, of Gil Scott, of art.
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