One Of A Kind (studio album) by Bruford

One Of A Kind by Bruford
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 6,332nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 29 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (103rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,026th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,332nd)
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.

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From 04/30/2020 06:55
A fine listen and can see why some put this right up there in the pantheon of great jazz-fusion albums.

Quite egoless as well. Brufords the drummer and yet drums are the least prominent instrument in One Of A Kind
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From 12/11/2018 18:24
Bruford takes his already outstanding prog drumming and cranks it up a notch and creates one of the all time great fusion albums, right up there with the likes of Billy Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon, and Williams.
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
6. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
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