The Circle And The Square
by Red Box

The Circle And The Square by Red Box
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 14,230th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 26 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (198th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,922nd)
Award Best albums of all time (14,230th)

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Red Box The Circle And The Square Cassette Tape Lean On Me For America
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Overall rank: 14,230th | 1980s rank: 1,922nd | 1986 rank: 198th

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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 26 votes)
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70/100
 
04/25/2026 15:23 Pavloss  Ratings distribution  48850/100
 
40/100
 
08/07/2025 18:40 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,50336/100
 
75/100
 
10/07/2024 06:47 LammyTS1  Ratings distribution  1,06659/100
 
75/100
 
05/08/2023 05:32 Sumbody  Ratings distribution  1,87476/100
 
75/100
 
11/12/2019 18:05 jeremy9  Ratings distribution  3,73770/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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75/100
From 05/08/2023 05:33 | #296733
Brings back memories as For America and Lean On Me were amongst my very favourite singles back then
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From 11/12/2019 18:05 | #244732
Very nice songs
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From 04/26/2012 08:14 | #40925
Very special album for me. Excellent from the beginig to the Amen
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From 04/23/2010 23:46 | #10932
Lean On Me is excellent! So catchy!
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