Adolescent Sex
by Japan
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Japan bestography
Adolescent Sex is ranked 6th best out of 10 albums by Japan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Japan is Tin Drum which is ranked number 2024 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 831.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Adolescent Sex track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Adolescent Sex rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 29 Music Albums of 1978 | 14/29 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 66 Music Albums of 1978 | 59/66 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 89 Music Albums of 1978 | 50/89 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 71/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 71 Music Albums of 1978 | 39/71 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Top 50 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 64 | |||
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Adolescent Sex ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 10:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,692 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 21:28 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2024 10:17 | Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Adolescent Sex forum mentions
dihansse 01/26/2021 21:20 in My discoveries per year
Romanelli 12/22/2020 16:33 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now? Repo 11/21/2020 15:33 in What album are you listening to right now?Adolescent Sex comments
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Ngl, my favorite aspect of this album is the fact that within two years David Sylvian would be a Bryan Ferry imitator (albeit a fantastic one) and in five years he'd put out "Forbidden Colours." But for now he's doing alt-glam/funk and it's awesome. (Edited)
Heavily influenced by 'New York Dolls', this is different from the usual Japan sound - more glam rock, proto-punk.
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