World Of Wonders
by Bruce Cockburn

World Of Wonders by Bruce Cockburn
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 24,264th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 20 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (316th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,102nd)
Award Best albums of all time (24,264th)

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Bruce Cockburn bestography

World Of Wonders is ranked 9th best out of 34 albums by Bruce Cockburn on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bruce Cockburn is Stealing Fire which is ranked number 8302 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 149.

Bruce Cockburn album bestography « Higher ranked (22,685th)
Nothing But A Burning Light
This album (24,264th)
World Of Wonders
Lower ranked (29,245th) »
You've Never Seen Everything

(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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World Of Wonders rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 24,264th | 1980s rank: 3,102nd | 1986 rank: 316th

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 20 votes)
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08/10/2025 18:08 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,20436/100
 
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03/19/2025 13:17 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,58151/100
 
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08/04/2024 02:10 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,34465/100
 
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11/24/2023 13:27 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,85975/100
 
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01/08/2023 05:05 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,10272/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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From 01/28/2015 03:58 | #132782
If you enjoy his chart-toppers, you'll like this one. The same thoughtful lyrics, the same command of melody.
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Best Albums of 1986
1. The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
2. Master Of Puppets by Metallica
3. Graceland by Paul Simon
4. So by Peter Gabriel
5. Skylarking by XTC
6. The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk
7. Reign In Blood by Slayer
8. Lifes Rich Pageant by R.E.M.
9. Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys
10. Black Celebration by Depeche Mode
11. Evol by Sonic Youth
12. Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
13. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? by Megadeth
14. Parade by Prince And The Revolution
15. Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden
16. Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.
17. Invisible Touch by Genesis
18. Atomizer by Big Black
19. True Blue by Madonna
20. Your Funeral... My Trial by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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