Simple Pleasures
by Bobby McFerrin
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Bobby McFerrin bestography
Simple Pleasures is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Bobby McFerrin on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bobby McFerrin is Circlesongs which is ranked number 20027 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 53.
(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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Simple Pleasures track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Simple Pleasures rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 47 Music Albums of 1988 | 17/47 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1988 | 22/50 | - |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2023 |  sssvnnn | fun and feelgood | 35/100 | - |
| 2022 |  pa | Top 55 Music Albums of 1988 | 49/55 | 1 |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 40 Music Albums of 1988 | 39/40 | 0 |
| 2020 |  CharlieBarley | 301- 400 Favourite Songs | 24/100 | - |
| 2020 | CharlieBarley | Top 89 Music Albums of 1988 | 21/89 | 4 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 89/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 12 | |||
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Simple Pleasures ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/24/2025 05:32 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2024 08:19 | zsolti | 696 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2023 14:04 |  MetalMan67 | 6,180 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2022 14:57 | sssvnnn | 8,444 | 67/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2021 04:30 | Moondance | 20,768 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 61.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1989. The winner was Faith by George Michael.
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