About Face
by David Gilmour
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David Gilmour bestography
About Face is ranked 7th best out of 8 albums by David Gilmour on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by David Gilmour is On An Island which is ranked number 3296 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 462.
(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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About Face track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
About Face rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/15/2026 22:12 | Devilwoac | 1,377 | 97/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 12:00 | Adhura | 1,688 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 22:27 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2025 14:24 | fabm0 | 7,010 | 58/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2025 18:23 | Rivera | 2,045 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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Grown on me over time, but still his weakest album imho.
very forgettable, disappointing
The song Murder is as good as anything put out by Floyd; solo or otherwise
this is a pleasing enough album when playing, but I fail to remember much of it afterwards.
It's hard not to notice the similarities to Pink Floyd, but the arrangement typical for the eighties. You can listen to more than once :)
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