The Bridge
by Billy Joel

The Bridge by Billy Joel
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 8,158th   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 95 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (122nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,184th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,158th)

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Billy Joel bestography

The Bridge is ranked 11th best out of 26 albums by Billy Joel on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Billy Joel is The Stranger which is ranked number 237 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,821.

Billy Joel album bestography « Higher ranked (6,625th)
Cold Spring Harbor
This album (8,158th)
The Bridge
Lower ranked (8,271st) »
Songs In The Attic

(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).

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The Bridge rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,158th | 1980s rank: 1,184th | 1986 rank: 122nd

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The Bridge ratings

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71/100 (from 95 votes)
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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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From 06/22/2020 18:24 | #254217
Average Track Rating = 86.66
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From 06/18/2020 12:23 | #253800
One of my favorite all time albums growing up.
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From 04/05/2016 15:44 | #163350
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.
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From 09/01/2015 07:30 | #149005
Too much mainstram but some nice tracks ....
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