Torch (studio album) by Carly Simon

Torch by Carly Simon
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 75,772nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 12 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (872nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (8,468th)
Award Best albums of all time (75,772nd)
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Carly Simon bestography

Torch is ranked 20th best out of 26 albums by Carly Simon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Carly Simon is No Secrets which is ranked number 4049 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 356.

Carly Simon album bestography « Higher ranked (71,078th) This album (75,772nd) Lower ranked (83,632nd) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (3 out of 11 tracks have been rated).

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.7/100, a mean average of 58.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 58.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.

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Much better than Ronstadt's What's New and ahead of it by 2 years.
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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
7. Faith by The Cure
8. Dare by The Human League
9. Damaged by Black Flag
10. Deceit by This Heat
11. Youth Of America by Wipers
12. Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
13. Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
14. Ghost In The Machine by The Police
15. The Ascension by Glenn Branca
16. Heaven Up Here by Echo & The Bunnymen
17. Face Value by Phil Collins
18. Killers by Iron Maiden
19. Architecture & Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
20. Movement by New Order
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