Circus (studio album)
by Lenny Kravitz

Circus by Lenny Kravitz
Year: 1995
Overall rank: 13,893rd   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 57 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (238th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (2,233rd)
Award Best albums of all time (13,893rd)

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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 2611 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 598.

Lenny Kravitz album bestography « Higher ranked (7,396th)
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This album (13,893rd)
Circus
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Black And White America

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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).

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Circus rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,893rd | 1990s rank: 2,233rd | 1995 rank: 238th

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Circus ratings

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71/100 (from 57 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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75/100
From 10/17/2019 13:54 | #243850
One of his better albums. In the top three, I'd say.
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From 10/25/2015 07:08 | #152002
Sounds very 1970's but a crackin album
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From 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.
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From 05/16/2012 23:24 | #42515
Has a couple good songs, other than that falls flat.
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