Robbie Robertson
by Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson by Robbie Robertson
Year: 1987
Release date: 1987-10-26
Overall rank: 3,036th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 105 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (47th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (448th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,036th)

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Overall rank: 3,036th | 1980s rank: 448th | 1987 rank: 47th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 105 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.


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Absolutely brilliant .Became my favourite Album of 1987 .Robbie is a brilliant musician .So spiritual .Favourite Fallen angel about Richard Manuel tragical suicide.
Robbie was brilliant .The last Waltz my favourite film .
He was so good looking too .
A God of Music and guitar
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70/100
A great collection of songs for his debut album which is his best album. I'm not a big fan of The Band but you can hear the similarity in the music. I wouldn't say he has a great voice, but he did have some good artist appearing on this album. Even though "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" is considered the best song, "American Roulette" is my favorite. Side one is a must listen. Great Rock - Pop album. (Edited)
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From 03/07/2022 08:03 | #282435
Decent album overpowered by the one great oddball track, "Somewhere Down the Crazy River."
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From 04/04/2021 05:16 | #268177
Robbie's not much of singer. Too bad, because the musicians & backup vocalists he got to participate in this project are amazing! A merely good album that could have been incredible with a great vocal stylist.
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90/100
From 05/29/2020 04:30 | #252445
Strange how The Band rates so highly (240's) but Robbie - a founding mastermind behind The Band - languishes so low. The collection of songs on this debut album are as powerful - perhaps more so - than those of The Band.
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