The Bridge
by Billy Joel
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Billy Joel bestography
The Bridge is ranked 11th best out of 27 albums by Billy Joel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billy Joel is The Stranger which is ranked number 236 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,610.
(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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The Bridge track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Bridge rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 58 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | culwin | Top 59 Music Albums of 1986 | 27/59 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s Pt 3 | 16/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 69 Music Albums of 1986 | 44/69 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 84 Music Albums of 1986 | 48/84 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 4/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 60 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 151 | |||
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The Bridge ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/19/2025 17:32 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2024 09:00 | Banner | 4,936 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2024 19:37 | dhbarrett | 8,866 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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The Bridge forum mentions
neilgee 02/24/2025 22:27 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Romanelli 02/22/2024 22:25 in What album are you listening to right now?The Bridge comments
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A disappointing Billy joel album. It really was a come down after hitting those commercial heights with, an innocent man. The bridge, doesn't really contain any great tracks, although, a matter of trust, and, this is the time, are good. Modern woman is fine, there's baby grand, a jazz duet with the great Ray Charles, and Joel also goes for the epic in, big man on mulberry street, but It's all just ok. It's not quite on it. Still, it's probably better than it's follow up, storm front, but that's not saying too much. So-so.
The worst Billy Joel album. Period.
llibnanoon 06/18/2020 12:23 | #253800 | TOP COMMENT
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One of my favorite all time albums growing up.
Leonard 09/01/2015 07:30 | #149005 | TOP COMMENT
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Too much mainstram but some nice tracks ....
Best Track: A Matter of Trust
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