Back To The World
by Curtis Mayfield

Back To The World by Curtis Mayfield
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 7,676th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 56 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (139th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,164th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,676th)

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Vinyl Record, Back To The World. Curtis Mayfield, 1973 By Curtom Records
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Curtis Mayfield bestography

Back To The World is ranked 5th best out of 25 albums by Curtis Mayfield on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Curtis Mayfield is Super Fly which is ranked number 539 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,233.

Curtis Mayfield album bestography « Higher ranked (7,300th)
There's No Place Like America Today
This album (7,676th)
Back To The World
Lower ranked (10,985th) »
Sweet Exorcist

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Back To The World rankings

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Overall rank: 7,676th | 1970s rank: 1,164th | 1973 rank: 139th

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75/100 (from 56 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.

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From 07/10/2016 12:33 | #171004
A good album from Mayfield up there with Curtis & Roots. The title track Future Sock & Love A Good Woman are the best tracks. This is an album full of great lyrics from Curtis, Back To the World is how the GI's in Vietnam described going back home, the album comments on how difficult it was for them to come back to the U.S.A. . Nobody listened.
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