To The Limit
by Joan Armatrading

To The Limit by Joan Armatrading
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 8,498th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 30 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (132nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,270th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,498th)

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Joan Armatrading bestography

To The Limit is ranked 3rd best out of 29 albums by Joan Armatrading on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Joan Armatrading is Joan Armatrading which is ranked number 3871 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 377.

Joan Armatrading album bestography « Higher ranked (8,204th)
Show Some Emotion
This album (8,498th)
To The Limit
Lower ranked (8,498th) »
To The Limit

(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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,498th | 1970s rank: 1,270th | 1978 rank: 132nd

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 30 votes)
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02/25/2026 16:24 Vinyl  Ratings distribution  51780/100
 
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08/05/2025 16:04 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,05669/100
 
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12/26/2024 17:07 platus  Ratings distribution  5,83874/100
 
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11/01/2023 11:24 Jboy56  Ratings distribution  4,26878/100
 
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09/14/2023 11:07 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,40469/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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From 02/16/2018 20:25 | #208479
Voce e personalità dell'autrice e poi una band che crea una tavolozza sonora dai mille colori, un gospel con cui divertirsi, piangere, ballare, pensare, commuoversi.
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From 02/01/2017 10:00 | #184703
To The Limit is a looser collection of songs than her 2 previous albums (Joan Armatrading & Show Some Emotion). Wishing, You Rope You Tie Me, Barefoot & Pregnant & Bottom To The Top are all brilliant but Baby I and The Letter are top notch Armatrading songs that are the cream on the top here.
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