Plays Live (live album)
by Peter Gabriel

Plays Live by Peter Gabriel
(Live album)
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 8,530th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 106 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (111th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,238th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,530th)

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Peter Gabriel bestography

Plays Live is ranked 12th best out of 29 albums by Peter Gabriel on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Peter Gabriel is So which is ranked number 226 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,019.

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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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Plays Live rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,530th | 1980s rank: 1,238th | 1983 rank: 111th

Plays Live collection

Plays Live ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 106 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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85/100
From 03/28/2014 11:04 | #107880
An album that shows the unique experience of a Peter Gabriel's live performance. All the hit are played very well.
A great album.
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From 02/13/2012 15:47 | #36832
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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