Down To Earth (studio album)
by Rainbow

Down To Earth by Rainbow
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 6,782nd   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 84 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (105th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,061st)
Award Best albums of all time (6,782nd)

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Rainbow bestography

Down To Earth is ranked 5th best out of 17 albums by Rainbow on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rainbow is Rising which is ranked number 653 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,640.

Rainbow album bestography « Higher ranked (6,573rd)
On Stage
This album (6,782nd)
Down To Earth
Lower ranked (9,190th) »
Difficult To Cure

(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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Down To Earth 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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Down To Earth rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,782nd | 1970s rank: 1,061st | 1979 rank: 105th

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Down To Earth ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 84 votes)
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11/04/2025 04:42 AAL2014   3,52575/100
 
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07/07/2025 07:17 Squonk007   72024/100
 
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05/07/2025 09:42 MW19704U   6,99059/100
 
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01/28/2025 07:33 timosbuecherei   29976/100
 
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11/13/2024 18:38 djrodo   96081/100

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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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Rating:  
80/100
From 11/28/2023 15:17 | #300182
Quite underrated here and in general. Solid album with some good bangers
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From 04/20/2023 15:02 | #296240
1st and this album are best of Rainbow career???
All this album is very good thing.
One of the best albums of 79’ with Pink Floyd, Joy Division, The Cure ??
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70/100
From 07/10/2020 15:08 | #255365
Pretty good! Rating (73.75)
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From 07/04/2016 21:03 | #170549
'Eyes of the World' the best track here, other than the hits the rest being fairly average.
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
6. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
7. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
8. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
10. Reggatta De Blanc by The Police
11. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
12. Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
14. Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.
15. The B-52's by The B-52's
16. Armed Forces by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
17. Specials by The Specials
18. 154 by Wire
19. Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
20. Setting Sons by The Jam
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