Reflections
by Gil Scott-Heron

Reflections by Gil Scott-Heron
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 13,650th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 22 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (195th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,872nd)
Award Best albums of all time (13,650th)

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Gil Scott-Heron bestography

Reflections is ranked 5th best out of 12 albums by Gil Scott-Heron on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gil Scott-Heron is Pieces Of A Man which is ranked number 1418 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,196.

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This album (13,650th)
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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,650th | 1980s rank: 1,872nd | 1981 rank: 195th
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2025 Larcx13Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s45/10011
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 198182/1001
2025 Larcx13Top 16 Music Albums of 19814/164
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198179/1001
2025 Sandrof1969Top 20 Music Albums of 19813/205
2024sonicdiscourseTo-Do List 198172/90 -
2024TastyandTemptinTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s93/1002
2024cicadelicThe Face Recordings Of The Year 198110/12 -
2024 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 198142/1003
2024TheKingTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s50/10010
2024JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198155/1002
2024TastyandTemptinTop 14 Music Albums of 19817/143
2021panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 198126/1004
2020Dayved00Top 52 Music Albums of 19818/524
2020GeorgeW49Top 13 Music Albums of 19816/133
2020panapsal100 favorite jazz-electro albums of all time73/100 -
2020 jnfbnTop 100 Music Albums of 198132/1003
2020 OseljuTop 30 Music Albums of 19813/305
2020panapsal99 exclusive soul/funk albums of all time98/99 -
2019panapsalMy favorite 100 albums of the years 1980 - 198582/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 25
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 84
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71/100 (from 22 votes)
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11/03/2025 22:10 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85074/100
 
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07/31/2024 10:28 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,38669/100
 
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10/01/2023 19:21 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,91464/100
 
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12/04/2022 22:15 babyBlueSedan  Ratings distribution  3,07264/100

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From 02/17/2018 10:20 | #208521
Un grande disco che mi spiace di aver scoperto tardi. "Reflections" è un disco di poesie ma non un album di reading poetry; la musica ne ha una parte fondamentale, non è mai al servizio delle liriche ( con la parziale eccezione della conclusiva "B movie" ) . Ed è una musica ricchissima di influenze: tanta musica nera ma soprattutto il jazz, poi il soul, il funky ed anche il reggae.
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