For Everyman
by Jackson Browne

For Everyman by Jackson Browne
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 4,690th   
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76/100 (from 125 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (89th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (780th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,690th)

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For Everyman is ranked 5th best out of 19 albums by Jackson Browne on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jackson Browne is Running On Empty which is ranked number 2023 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 817.

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For Everyman rankings

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Overall rank: 4,690th | 1970s rank: 780th | 1973 rank: 89th

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76/100 (from 125 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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85/100
From 12/25/2023 04:00 | #300650
Another welcome addition to Browne's superb '70s output. It's solid all throughout with what you expect: Browne's storytelling lyrics and emotive vocals. The highlights would be his version of Take It Easy (a bit more subdued than the Eagles classic), the beautiful These Days, the uptempo rocker Redneck Friend, and the ending epic title track.
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From 01/30/2018 06:59 | #206827
Not quite as good as Late for The Sky, but a close second. Save Redneck Friend and Ready or Not, this is a perfectly written album with wonderful flow, folk instrumentation and melodies.
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From 03/03/2016 14:13 | #161192
A good album, I wore this record out when it was first released. It's better than his debut and almost as good as "Late For The Sky".
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From 06/25/2015 16:35 | #144566
I don't find it disappointing at all. Nice harmonies, great guitars (shows David Lindley's debut on Pedal Steel) and good vocals by Browne. "These Days", "Our lady of the well" and the title track are brilliant tunes.
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From 03/18/2015 17:25 | #137229
My favorite out of all of Browne's work, and in my opinion one of the most overlooked LPs in Rock
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From 01/02/2015 17:29 | #130650
This is a somewhat disappointing follow-up to Browne's superior first album, and not as good as his third, Late for the Sky.
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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can
11. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
13. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
14. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Artaud by Pescado Rabioso
19. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
20. Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
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