The Bridge (studio album) by Billy Joel

The Bridge by Billy Joel
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 7,998th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 95 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (117th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,168th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,998th)
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Billy Joel, The Bridge, 1986 1st Columbia, C-40402, VG+/VG+
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BILLY JOEL A MATTER OF TRUST: THE BRIDGE TO RUSSIA [2CD+BLU-RAY] NEW CD
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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 235 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,007.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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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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Average Track Rating = 86.66
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From 06/18/2020 12:23
One of my favorite all time albums growing up.
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From 04/05/2016 15:44
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
Too much mainstram but some nice tracks ....
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Best Track: A Matter of Trust
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From 08/06/2011 05:57
The worst Billy Joel album. Period.
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