Simple Pleasures (studio album) by Bobby McFerrin

Simple Pleasures by Bobby McFerrin
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 48,294th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 17 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (592nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (5,744th)
Award Best albums of all time (48,294th)
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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 18721 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 56.

Bobby McFerrin album bestography « Higher ranked (18,721st) This album (48,294th) Lower ranked (57,599th) »
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Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 17 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.0/100, a mean average of 62.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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From 04/11/2025 09:55
shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1989. The winner was Faith by George Michael.
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