Back To The Night
by Joan Armatrading

Back To The Night by Joan Armatrading
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 13,849th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 28 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (182nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,861st)
Award Best albums of all time (13,849th)

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Joan Armatrading bestography

Back To The Night is ranked 5th best out of 29 albums by Joan Armatrading on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Joan Armatrading is Joan Armatrading which is ranked number 3866 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 376.

Joan Armatrading album bestography « Higher ranked (13,849th)
Back To The Night
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Back To The Night
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Walk Under Ladders

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Overall rank: 13,849th | 1970s rank: 1,861st | 1975 rank: 182nd

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73/100 (from 28 votes)
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02/25/2026 16:24 Vinyl  Ratings distribution  51680/100
 
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03/27/2025 17:22 Sandrof1969  Ratings distribution  2,69468/100
 
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From 08/22/2015 11:09 | #148264
The 2nd proper album from Ms. Armatrading is an improvement on Whatevers for Us. This is mostly an acoustic album with some piano driven tracks the stand out tracks being Dryland, Cool Blue, Travelled So Far, Come When You Need Me & So Good. Overall a good album but better albums were to follow.
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
10. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
11. Mothership Connection by Parliament
12. Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
13. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15. Young Americans by David Bowie
16. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
17. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
18. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John
19. Sabotage by Black Sabbath
20. Katy Lied by Steely Dan
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