Natural Avenue
by John Lodge

Natural Avenue by John Lodge
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 66,384th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 9 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (596th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (5,993rd)
Award Best albums of all time (66,384th)

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John Lodge bestography

Natural Avenue is ranked 2nd best out of 3 albums by John Lodge on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by John Lodge is 10,000 Light Years Ago which is ranked number 59596 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9.

John Lodge album bestography « Higher ranked (59,596th)
10,000 Light Years Ago
This album (66,384th)
Natural Avenue
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Overall rank: 66,384th | 1970s rank: 5,993rd | 1977 rank: 596th

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10/16/2025 13:38 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,73776/100
 
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From 04/03/2017 18:45 | #188611
Moderately successful outing from the Moodys' bassist. John's voice isn't always up to the task of carrying an entire album, but he does have his moments, as he does with his songwriting. The high point is 'Broken Dreams, Hard Road.'
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