Plays Live
by Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel bestography
Plays Live is ranked 12th best out of 30 albums by Peter Gabriel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Gabriel is So which is ranked number 210 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,250.
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Plays Live track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 05:27 |  MadhattanJack | 5,941 | 66/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2026 22:51 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 17:41 |  Leonard | 6,613 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 22:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 12,860 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2025 13:11 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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An album that shows the unique experience of a Peter Gabriel's live performance. All the hit are played very well.
A great album.
paladisiac 02/13/2012 15:47 | #36832 | TOP COMMENT
Very good and lengthy live album which captures Peter's studio approach in a live setting well, a fine summation of his greatest hits just before his greatest solo masterpiece.
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