Nine Lives
by REO Speedwagon

Nine Lives by REO Speedwagon
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 29,695th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 21 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (322nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,232nd)
Award Best albums of all time (29,695th)

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REO Speedwagon bestography

Nine Lives is ranked 7th best out of 23 albums by REO Speedwagon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by REO Speedwagon is Hi Infidelity which is ranked number 3934 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 375.

REO Speedwagon album bestography « Higher ranked (29,657th)
Good Trouble
This album (29,695th)
Nine Lives
Lower ranked (29,695th) »
Nine Lives

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Nine Lives rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 29,695th | 1970s rank: 3,232nd | 1979 rank: 322nd

Nine Lives collection

Nine Lives ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 21 votes)
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01/21/2026 14:51 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,20170/100
 
70/100
 
09/29/2025 08:12 Johnnyo  Ratings distribution  9,83077/100
 
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08/02/2025 11:38 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,37385/100
 
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02/08/2025 06:51 Fevernova  Ratings distribution  3,16382/100
 
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10/22/2023 15:23 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,11171/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.4/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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75/100
From 01/12/2022 16:22 | #279215
This is pretty regular late 70 rock, but still not as bad you might think, Not bad at all.
Sonically very good and some songs are good rockers eg. Back on the Road again,
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From 12/27/2018 21:32 | #228145
Generic arena rock album sandwiched in between REO's last legit album and their first sellout album.
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