What A Life! (studio album) by Divinyls

What A Life! by Divinyls
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 8,296th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 16 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (107th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,229th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,296th)

Divinyls bestography

What A Life! is ranked as the best album by Divinyls.

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What A Life! track list

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 16 votes)
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10/15/2023 07:15 cicadelic  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,84973/100
 
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04/11/2023 05:41 zags7000  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 20,10664/100
 
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03/15/2023 14:08 Igtonumama  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 9,19360/100
 
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01/07/2023 12:22 Moondance  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 18,35472/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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80/100
From 12/22/2018 01:16
The Divinyls best album period

More like a best of rather than studio album , so many killer tracks: "Pleasure And Pain" , "Don't You Go Walking" , "Good Die Young" , "Sleeping Beauty" , "Heart Telegraph"

And to think the album was a difficult conception with the band going through multiple producers and multiple false starts is staggering

Simply awesome and timeless

Not only is this their best album its one THE great Australian albums
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