Killing Joke
by Killing Joke
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Killing Joke bestography
Killing Joke is ranked as the best album by Killing Joke.
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Killing Joke track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Killing Joke 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 | Rivera | Best of Rest 2 | 24/100 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 1980 | 26/59 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 | 20/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 45/76 | 2 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 26 Music Albums of 1980 | 24/26 | 1 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 11/25 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 65 Music Albums of 1980 | 37/65 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 28 Music Albums of 1980 | 18/28 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 205 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 722 | |||
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Killing Joke ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/19/2026 09:13 | luukvdschepop | 767 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2026 22:14 | VeVt | 98 | 39/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 11:16 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Killing Joke forum mentions
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poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/08/2015 06:21 | #131053 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the ablum that started industrial rock (and from which Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age and Soundgarden got their badass sound). That's a pretty monumental achievement. It's rough and brusque, relentlessly so. One of the most underrated works on this site. (Edited)
elo269megv 12/16/2018 17:30 | #227300 | TOP COMMENT
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Disagree with the notion of this being overrated, if anything, its severely underrated! Great bass and drum grooves, jangly and jagged guitars, late 70s post-punk vocal delivery, borderline post-hardcore at times, punky yet melodic. I'm hearing Cure, Gang Of Four, Wire, and Television influences off the bat... With only 2 comments and 133 ratings (before mine) and ranked at 43rd of 1980, 324th of the 80s, and 1999th all time respectively, this album is highly underrated in my opinion. (Edited)
really interesting driving punk rock prog (Edited)
A good album, but slightly overrated these days, in my opinion. There's no doubt that it's a highly influential record, but still, I don't think it's quite as good as it is claimed. Still decent though. (Edited)
A solid debut but nothing really stands out. Enjoyed the instrumentals but none of the tracks really excited. Requiem was my favourite track. (Edited)
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