So
by Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel bestography
So is ranked as the best album by Peter Gabriel.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 4 days ago | oilnoilnoilnoil | 267 | 78/100 | |
| 04/16/2026 16:39 | Pavloss | 378 | 50/100 | |
| 04/15/2026 20:42 | Musicbuff123 | 357 | 70/100 | |
| 04/15/2026 09:11 | LammyTS1 | 1,058 | 59/100 | |
| 03/25/2026 22:50 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
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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 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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this is a Masterpiece
Peter Gabriel has done some great, nee, brilliant albums. This is his most consistently brilliant. No filler, all killer. Great album
What a great album that blends the African music style and has a soul to it. Everytime I hear this album it makes me think about the MTV sledgehammer video. This is an indication that they succeeded at giving people what they wanted to hear. Very comfortable making this album one of my favorites to listen to.
Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1987. The winner was Graceland by Paul Simon. This should have been the winner IMO
Did very well commercially but not how I would summarize typical commercial radio music. More like they picked up and ran with what seemed popular at the time. Quite haunting in scope and vocal. Many decent tracks. Love the duet with Kate.
Great Album, Fun and Saddness all in one Album, some banging tunes
Quite good art-pop album with obvious highlights - powerful Red Rain, one of the best 80s hits Sledgehammer, magnificent In Your Eyes.
It’s impossible to criticize Gabriel’s voice, which is impeccable. In Your Eyes is a legitimately great track. The rest of the songs fall into two categories: one, the radio-friendly pop song that stretches way longer than a pop song should; and two, the gratuitously weird song that sounds experimental for the sake of maintaining the weird British progressive bona fides.
Jboy56 02/10/2022 14:57 | #281073
A BIG album with full of bangers, say no more.
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