Back To Earth
by Cat Stevens
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Cat Stevens bestography
Back To Earth is ranked 19th best out of 31 albums by Yusuf Islam on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Yusuf Islam is Tea For The Tillerman which is ranked number 561 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,029.
(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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Back To Earth track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Back To Earth rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1978 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 39/41 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2020 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 15/99 | 4 |
| 2016 | 100IDream | Top 40 Music Albums of the 1970s | 23/40 | 9 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 19 | |||
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Back To Earth ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/06/2026 22:35 | Juneof44 | 2,628 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 14:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,858 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2025 07:06 | lanadeleswift | 3,791 | 86/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.3/100, a mean average of 64.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Such a nice discover! the last record as Cat Stevens, is a strong farewell testament of what folk music has become in the late 70s. Catchy melodies, nice arrangements with a slight touch of seventies, crystalline production. Way better than other Cat Stevens records came out of time.
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