Don't Explain (studio album) by Robert Palmer

Don't Explain by Robert Palmer
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 65,954th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 15 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (888th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (9,977th)
Award Best albums of all time (65,954th)

Robert Palmer bestography

Don't Explain is ranked 11th best out of 23 albums by Robert Palmer on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Robert Palmer is Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley which is ranked number 11179 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 104.

Robert Palmer album bestography « Higher ranked (52,528th) This album (65,954th) Lower ranked (73,019th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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67/100 (from 15 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.3/100, a mean average of 64.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.6.

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From 07/03/2022 03:27
My only reason for visiting this album is the interesting Palmer/UB40 cover of Bob Dylan's 'I'll Be Your Baby Tonight' - which received some commercial success. I have added this version to my 'top 100 Dylan covers' chart.
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