Happy Families (studio album) by Blancmange

Happy Families by Blancmange
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 8,868th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 28 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (142nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,312th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,868th)
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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 28 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.

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In the longevity stakes of my music listening this album is in my top five. One of a few albums bought in the early 80's and still listened to regularly today. Doesn't sound dated and has numerous 5* rated tracks on my i-pod. Enjoyable, sometimes eccentric synth-pop, and better still Neil Arthur is still going strong as Blancmange today with three new albums in around a year (2015/16).
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