Kilimanjaro (studio album) by The Teardrop Explodes

Kilimanjaro by The Teardrop Explodes
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 2,717th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 126 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (421st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,717th)
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Kilimanjaro is ranked as the best album by The Teardrop Explodes.

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Kilimanjaro track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 126 votes)
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02/03/2024 11:45 Liedzeit  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,83274/100
 
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10/18/2023 10:44 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 11,33685/100
 
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10/06/2023 09:11 Fertu  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,43082/100
 
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08/12/2023 20:18 matterhornrider  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,76382/100

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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 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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25/100
From 12/02/2021 13:53
not impressed. attempts at pop songs
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80/100
From 07/01/2021 08:16
This album surprised me. Great 80s sound
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70/100
From 01/15/2018 03:35
Not exactly a must-have 80s British album for me, but it has its appeal.
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90/100
From 06/17/2016 16:21
A brilliant and energetic record. Kilimanjaro, is yet another of those great British albums of the late seventies/early eighties. Some fine songs in, sleeping gas, treason, and, when I dream. The CD adds the Japanese mini-album version featuring the absolutely brilliant, reward, surely the teardrops greatest ever song. Still, sounds great today.
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95/100
From 05/16/2014 23:31
This was one of the first albums that I bought when I was a kid. Still holds up well today, a magnificent album!
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90/100
From 08/07/2012 15:14
Great debut that puts the psychotic into psychedelia (in a early 80s style of course).
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85/100
From 06/23/2012 07:04
I wanted to visit Liverpool so much... Teardrops, Bunnymen, Wah...
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