Big World
by Joe Jackson
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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 1798 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 948.
(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
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Big World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best Of The 80's Pt.3 (201-300) | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 38 Music Albums of 1986 | 24/38 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 34 Music Albums of 1986 | 15/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 35/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 48/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 88 | |||
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Big World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/28/2026 17:58 | Jantje | 692 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2024 14:15 | cicadelic | 13,817 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2024 18:11 | slatsheit | 2,042 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
Forum mentions
dihansse 01/07/2020 21:45 in My discoveries per year
bobbyb5 03/05/2018 23:48 in One-sided albums (think vinyl)Big World comments
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TheDude85 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.
My favorite songs :Wild west....Shangay sky.....Tango Atlantico......Forty years.....Preciuos time......Fifty dollar love affair.....We can't live together
Underrated and under appreciated Joe Jackson is a marvel of skill, diversity and musicianship.
Ottokar 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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