Back To The World
by Curtis Mayfield
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Curtis Mayfield bestography
Back To The World is ranked 5th best out of 26 albums by Curtis Mayfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Curtis Mayfield is Super Fly which is ranked number 548 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,127.
(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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Back To The World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Back To The World rankings
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Back To The World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/01/2026 10:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,159 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2025 10:59 | stangetzaway | 2,309 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2025 12:29 | replacementlevel | 7,740 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2025 12:00 | Sumbody | 1,893 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2025 17:11 |  AAL2014 | 4,061 | 75/100 |
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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 74.9/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.
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Tamthebam 07/10/2016 12:33 | #171004 | TOP COMMENT
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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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