Rock Island (studio album)
by Jethro Tull

Rock Island by Jethro Tull
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 21,390th   
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 48 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (295th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,816th)
Award Best albums of all time (21,390th)

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Jethro Tull bestography

Rock Island is ranked 24th best out of 46 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 321 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,272.

Jethro Tull album bestography « Higher ranked (20,537th)
RökFlöte
This album (21,390th)
Rock Island
Lower ranked (28,928th) »
Catfish Rising

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Rock Island track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rock Island rankings

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Overall rank: 21,390th | 1980s rank: 2,816th | 1989 rank: 295th

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Rock Island ratings

Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 48 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.1/100, a mean average of 66.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.

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From 08/18/2021 08:12 | #272623
All songs are at least solid or really good, gets better with each rotation. Maybe based on the Besteveralbum rankings the most underated Jethro Tull album. Beats "roots to branches" and "Stormwatch" easily.
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Highlights: Kissing Willie
Strange Avenues
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