Big World
by Joe Jackson

Big World by Joe Jackson
(Live album)
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 13,189th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (184th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,798th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,189th)

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Joe Jackson bestography

Big World is ranked 8th best out of 30 albums by Joe Jackson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Joe Jackson is Night And Day which is ranked number 1766 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 967.

Joe Jackson album bestography « Higher ranked (10,991st)
Laughter & Lust
This album (13,189th)
Big World
Lower ranked (13,850th) »
Blaze Of Glory

(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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Big World track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,189th | 1980s rank: 1,798th | 1986 rank: 184th

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73/100 (from 46 votes)
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03/28/2026 17:58 Jantje  Ratings distribution  66475/100
 
75/100
 
12/01/2024 14:15 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,73473/100
 
80/100
 
11/28/2024 18:11 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04281/100
 
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05/27/2023 19:00 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,48364/100
 
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03/20/2023 08:04 MW19704U  Ratings distribution  6,99059/100

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80/100
From 07/20/2019 14:55 | #239982
Planted right in the middle of this under-rated album is the true gem of this collection - "We Can't Live Together". The top notch band Jackson has assembled here makes each song really stand out on its own.
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90/100
From 07/08/2016 16:51 | #170892
My favorite songs :Wild west....Shangay sky.....Tango Atlantico......Forty years.....Preciuos time......Fifty dollar love affair.....We can't live together
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From 02/14/2016 21:35 | #159740
Underrated and under appreciated Joe Jackson is a marvel of skill, diversity and musicianship.
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75/100
From 07/30/2014 11:36 | #118117
This album was recorded live in front of an audience and made direct to two-track digital master - so no overdubbing or mixing afterwards. The audience was asked to to be as quiet as possible and to hold applause until songs were absolutely finished.
Quite an outstanding project.
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