Circus
by Lenny Kravitz
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Lenny Kravitz bestography
Circus is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Lenny Kravitz on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lenny Kravitz is Mama Said which is ranked number 2754 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 571.
(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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Circus track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Circus rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 41 Music Albums of 1995 | 31/41 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart 1001-1100 | 16/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 1995 | 24/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zwiebel | Top 85 Music Albums of 1995 | 40/85 | 3 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 39 Music Albums of 1995 | 29/39 | 1 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 49 Music Albums of 1995 | 13/49 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 79 Music Albums of 1995 | 30/79 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 86 | |||
Circus collection
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Circus ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/13/2026 06:44 | marcoserra1966 | 883 | 59/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 19:33 |  Leonard | 6,629 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 03:22 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
Circus forum mentions
Romanelli 06/24/2025 14:18 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 12/04/2017 01:41 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 10/22/2016 11:47 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Greatest HitsCircus comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/11/2015 03:14 | #134666
A few great songs, but a little less consistent. Lenny Kravitz never has been a start-to-finish album artist - more of a singles guy. It's never more obvious than here.
InsanityPrawnBoy 10/17/2019 13:54 | #243850
One of his better albums. In the top three, I'd say.
Has a couple good songs, other than that falls flat.
Sounds very 1970's but a crackin album
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