Before This World
by James Taylor
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James Taylor bestography
Before This World is ranked 9th best out of 28 albums by James Taylor on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James Taylor is Sweet Baby James which is ranked number 1563 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,099.
(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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Before This World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (7 out of 10 tracks have been rated).
Before This World rankings
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Before This World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/11/2024 16:00 | jon5417 | 4,090 | 68/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2022 02:22 | Moondance | 20,654 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2022 04:45 |  zags7000 | 20,488 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2021 14:47 |  TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2020 18:56 | TonyF12345 | 3,407 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.4/100, a mean average of 65.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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travelful 07/05/2015 04:28 | #145161
For a 2015 album, this isn't bad at all for an aged James Taylor. I really like the song Montana.
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