Back To The World (studio album) by Curtis Mayfield

Back To The World by Curtis Mayfield
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 7,265th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 49 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (137th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,140th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,265th)
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Curtis Mayfield bestography

Back To The World is ranked 5th best out of 24 albums by Curtis Mayfield on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Curtis Mayfield is Superfly which is ranked number 529 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,443.

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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From 07/10/2016 12:33
A good album from Mayfield up there with Curtis & Roots. The title track Future Sock & Love A Good Woman are the best tracks. This is an album full of great lyrics from Curtis, Back To the World is how the GI's in Vietnam described going back home, the album comments on how difficult it was for them to come back to the U.S.A. . Nobody listened.
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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Quadrophenia by The Who
6. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can
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13. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
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15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
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20. Catch A Fire by The Wailers
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