Escape Artist
by Garland Jeffreys
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Garland Jeffreys bestography
Escape Artist is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Garland Jeffreys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Garland Jeffreys is Ghost Writer which is ranked number 12940 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 90.
(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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Escape Artist track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Escape Artist rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 80/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 82 Music Albums of 1981 | 77/82 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1981 | 4/20 | 4 |
| 2025 | FIBI RAMONE | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 18/40 | 53 |
| 2025 |  xo66 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1981 | 54/60 | - |
| 2014 |  Luciano1962 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2013 | Luciano1962 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1981 | 7/20 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 72 | |||
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Escape Artist ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/28/2026 16:33 | cicadelic | 13,517 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2023 21:06 | TonySayers61 | 25,147 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2022 22:08 | dhbarrett | 8,611 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2020 04:11 | sssvnnn | 8,435 | 67/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2018 02:06 | TodFitz | 27,375 | 63/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.4/100, a mean average of 65.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.
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Sandrof1969 02/17/2018 14:41 | #208551
Un disco che è calato un po' nei miei favori in questi anni ma che rimane un ottimo album di rock nero ( nel senso di black music ) versante pop. Un organo soul, chitarre liquide, una voce rassicurante, ritmi reggae: spesso gli argomenti trattati sono seri ma l'atmosfera è quella di una spiaggia caraibica al crepuscolo.
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