A Bell Is A Cup ... Until It Is Struck (studio album) by Wire

A Bell Is A Cup ... Until It Is Struck by Wire
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 18,276th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 43 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (242nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,436th)
Award Best albums of all time (18,276th)
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Wire bestography

A Bell Is A Cup ... Until It Is Struck is ranked 8th best out of 28 albums by Wire on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wire is Pink Flag which is ranked number 336 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,289.

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73/100 (from 43 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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