Energy
by Operation Ivy

Album
Energy by Operation Ivy
Year: 1989
Release date: 1989-05-00
Overall rank: 3,174th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 157 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (40th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (469th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,174th)

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Energy is ranked as the best album by Operation Ivy.

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Energy track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Knowledge
Average Rating: 85 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sound System
Average Rating: 86 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
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Jaded
Average Rating: 82 (25 votes)Comments: View 0
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Take Warning
Average Rating: 82 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
The Crowd
Average Rating: 81 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bombshell
Average Rating: 82 (24 votes)Comments: View 1
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Unity
Average Rating: 84 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
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Vulnerability
Average Rating: 81 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bankshot
Average Rating: 79 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
One Of These Days
Average Rating: 79 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Gonna Find You
Average Rating: 79 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Bad Town
Average Rating: 84 (28 votes)Comments: View 0
13.
Smiling
Average Rating: 78 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Caution
Average Rating: 80 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
15.
Freeze Up
Average Rating: 82 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
16.
Artificial Life
Average Rating: 80 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
17.
Room Without A Window
Average Rating: 82 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
18.
Big City
Average Rating: 84 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
19.
Missionary
Average Rating: 82 (23 votes)Comments: View 0

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Energy rankings

Energy rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,174th | 1980s rank: 469th | 1989 rank: 40th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 157 votes)
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 !		09/03/2026 05:45 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,93262/100
 
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 !		03/18/2026 00:49 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,63870/100
 
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 !		11/28/2025 18:39 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.3.


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From BestEverAlbums 12/01/2024 17:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From 11/02/2020 11:55 | #260084
Great hardcore/ska punk record. Classic.
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From 06/27/2019 19:00 | #238482 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
So much fun!

Favorites: Take Warning, The Crowd, Bad Town, Caution, Big City.
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From 04/09/2013 01:02 | #72110 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The holy grail of 90s third wave ska and also the most successful blend of hardcore and ska. Elegantly written and savagely played.
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From 02/05/2012 23:22 | #36507 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of my favorite albums. This was part of the whole punk ska movement. The songs are so fast and catchy. Several members later formed Rancid.
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Absolutely essential if you like your loud punk music! Probably as good as the myths you heard about it. If you are in any posistion to get this album, get it. So very hard to find yet so good. Knowledge and Vulnerability are my favorite.
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