Big Night Music
by Shriekback

Big Night Music by Shriekback
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 37,135th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 11 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (451st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (4,471st)
Award Best albums of all time (37,135th)

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Shriekback bestography

Big Night Music is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Shriekback on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Shriekback is Oil And Gold which is ranked number 9716 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 125.

Shriekback album bestography « Higher ranked (9,716th)
Oil And Gold
This album (37,135th)
Big Night Music
Lower ranked (52,554th) »
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Big Night Music rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 37,135th | 1980s rank: 4,471st | 1986 rank: 451st

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 11 votes)
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08/03/2025 20:02 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,50336/100
 
75/100
 
05/08/2024 07:23 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,06673/100
 
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08/15/2022 08:16 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,90166/100
 
90/100
 
03/08/2022 06:01 Taosjohn  Ratings distribution  85069/100
 
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02/19/2021 18:00 rdadmanesh  Ratings distribution  6580/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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From 03/08/2022 05:59 | #282498
Another "not my kind of music" album that has entrenched itself on my shelves and isn't going anywhere. "Cradle Song" was a favorite sign off song for my radio days...
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