Telekon (studio album) by Gary Numan

Telekon by Gary Numan
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 2,891st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 83 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (57th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (446th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,891st)
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Gary Numan bestography

Telekon is ranked 2nd best out of 69 albums by Gary Numan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gary Numan is The Pleasure Principle which is ranked number 1353 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,289.

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Telekon track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Telekon rankings

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 83 votes)
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02/23/2024 18:15 thepardunk  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,10673/100
 
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01/08/2024 17:24 Jboy56  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,05178/100
 
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07/14/2023 08:02 Fertu  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,42682/100
 
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03/19/2023 14:13 Igtonumama  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 8,90860/100
 
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02/07/2023 05:19 stangetzaway  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,76785/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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55/100
From 01/16/2023 06:57
16 tracks? Not sure why we're ranking the 1998 reissue of Telekon instead of the original 10 track release but whatever. A very interesting release, chilly dark synth vibes throughout. Some of the best songs are the non-album singles.
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A silk hand to end an era.
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From 03/15/2016 21:31
Sounds a bit dated now but still a good record.
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From 04/19/2012 09:13
Another number one album and last at his peak, this has even more intricate use of keyboard overlaid sounds and contains great music.
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