Back In Your Life
by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
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Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers bestography
Back In Your Life is ranked 8th best out of 11 albums by The Modern Lovers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Modern Lovers is The Modern Lovers which is ranked number 505 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,997.
(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 In Your Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Back In Your Life rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 70 Music Albums of 1979 | 70/70 | 0 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | sssvnnn | Lo Fi Folk Rock | 64/100 | - |
| 2024 |  buzzdainer | Top 25 Music Albums of 1979 | 22/25 | 1 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 1979 To-Do List | 84/89 | - |
| 2021 |  RoundTheBend | Top 28 Music Albums of 1979 | 13/28 | 3 |
| 2020 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2017 |  PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 27/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 14 | |||
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Back In Your Life ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 03/14/2026 07:25 | sssvnnn | 8,378 | 67/100 | |
| 01/25/2026 14:09 | Pluto11 | 12,163 | 72/100 | |
| 03/22/2024 16:19 | JamesMowbray | 5,438 | 69/100 | |
| 10/12/2022 18:05 | LosWochos | 46,909 | 75/100 | |
| 09/02/2021 03:38 | Moondance | 20,390 | 72/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.3.
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