Rock Island
by Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull bestography
Rock Island is ranked 24th best out of 48 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 317 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,177.
(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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Rock Island track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rock Island rankings
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Rock Island ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/28/2026 14:09 | platus | 5,874 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2026 22:48 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2025 13:47 | steve397 | 511 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2025 09:17 | Fullsized | 163 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2024 17:55 | TonySayers61 | 25,382 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 66.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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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.
nitomano 04/12/2017 22:53 | #189173
Highlights: Kissing Willie
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