My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
by Anohni And The Johnsons

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross by Anohni And The Johnsons
Year: 2023
Release date: 2023-07-07
Overall rank: 2,850th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 109 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2023 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 2020s (163rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,850th)

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Anohni And The Johnsons bestography

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Antony & The Johnsons on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Antony & The Johnsons is I Am A Bird Now which is ranked number 681 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,541.

Anohni And The Johnsons album bestography « Higher ranked (681st)
I Am A Bird Now
This album (2,850th)
My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
Lower ranked (3,541st) »
The Crying Light

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My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 2,850th | 2020s rank: 163rd | 2023 rank: 28th
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2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s98/1001
2026 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of 202325/1004
2026 paladisiac2020s, 65rating (64), #001-100*41/77 -
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 202361/1002
2026daCriticTop 72 Music Albums of the 2020s26/7213
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s56/1009
2026henriknaessTop 50 Music Albums of 202331/502
2026 TamthebamTop 97 Music Albums of 202315/974
2026cicadelicTop 59 Music Albums of the 2020s16/5915
2026 PurplepashTop 91 Music Albums of 202357/912
2026 EyeKanFlyTop 100 Music Albums of 202376/1001
2026mlgprounicornTop 100 Music Albums of the 2020s3/10020
2026cicadelicEverything Is Noise’s Top 90: The Best Albums of 202313/89 -
2026 JMGL95Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s11/10018
2026pinkfreud1981Top 10 Music Albums of 202310/101
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 202310/1005
2026JorbaaTop 70 Music Albums of 202311/704
2026 JMGL95Top 77 Music Albums of 20232/775
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of 202311/1005
2026mjp11Best of the 2020s (2/20/2025)93/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 165
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 545
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 109 votes)
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70/100
 
03/12/2026 12:03 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
75/100
 
03/03/2026 16:07 Juneof44  Ratings distribution  2,59769/100
 
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12/29/2025 16:54 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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12/07/2025 16:02 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100
 
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09/28/2025 11:59 JacobMullis  Ratings distribution  74888/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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70/100
From 02/21/2024 20:32 | #302123

The real highlight of "My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross" is ANOHNI's vocal performance. She sings with such passion, packing every syllable with emotion. The opening track "It Must Change" is powerful with how the chorus is used to switch from empowerment to desperation to righteous anger. The instrumentals are well put together soul. They are not particularly eventful, but do a fantastic job supporting the vocals. It may have helped the album if they were given a flourish or moment to be the focus. Great performance, lovely record.
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From 01/07/2024 22:33 | #300977
Good grief 1/10
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75/100
From 12/27/2023 11:00 | #300680
Album Rating: 77.00
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07.07.2023

Anohni And The Johnsons (USA/UK): My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

1.It Must Change 76
2.Go Ahead n/a
3.Sliver Of Ice 68
4.Can't 72
5.Scapegoat 84
6.It's My Fault 67
7.Rest 94
8.There Wasn't Enough 84
9.Why Am I Alive Now? 72
10.You Be Free 76
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90/100
From 11/04/2023 20:09 | #299798
Stunning.
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From 09/01/2023 21:41 | #298940
I gave this a listen on a day when I was feeling very stressed and this managed to really calm me down :))
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