Back In The High Life (studio album)
by Steve Winwood
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Back In The High Life is ranked as the best album by Steve Winwood.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 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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| ! | 12/16/2025 00:30 | Btel74 | 726 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 16:18 |  EyeKanFly | 8,093 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:43 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2025 22:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,218 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2025 13:14 | machiaj | 780 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 70.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1987. The winner was Graceland by Paul Simon.
Jboy56 11/14/2024 12:16 | #306030
With a great singer and quite nice pop tunes this stands pretty well in time..
Fun Album!
A good pop record from an artist that deserves more recognition than he received in his heyday. Nice to see Mr. Winwood bank some cash.
Really inspired by this album it's really good
jhuik 01/04/2013 04:33 | #60015
Breezy title track, fine lead single Higher Love and the song Split Decision... these all stand the test of time, really.
Romanelli 01/15/2012 21:02 | #35273
Not as fine as Arc Of A Diver, but one of Winwood's best records.
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