Back On Top (studio album) by Van Morrison
Van Morrison bestography
Back On Top is ranked 21st best out of 60 albums by Van Morrison on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Van Morrison is Astral Weeks which is ranked number 66 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,298.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 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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75/100 ![]() | 03/27/2025 15:21 | TonySayers61 | ![]() | 64/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 05/16/2024 05:02 | javicho07 | ![]() | 81/100 |
65/100 ![]() | 09/03/2023 21:09 | ![]() | ![]() | 75/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 05/05/2023 20:58 | ![]() | ![]() | 67/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 11/09/2022 23:27 | ![]() | ![]() | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Van the Man released a few good albums late in his career, this being one of them. This was originally in my top 10 of 1999, during a big Van phase I was going through, before I got a bit bored with the annual barrage of Van Morrison records.
This one is solid throughout, and closes with one of my favorite Van tracks: "Golden Autumn Day."
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