Playing With A Different Sex (studio album) by Au Pairs

Playing With A Different Sex by Au Pairs
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 3,204th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 78 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (490th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,204th)

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Playing With A Different Sex is ranked as the best album by Au Pairs.

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-Playing With A Different SexSense And Sensuality

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Playing With A Different Sex track list

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 78 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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85/100
From 03/30/2021 06:06
Well produced and performed and Lesley Woods has a great voice. Typical post-punk riffs over an often dub bassline. Gang of Four is the most obvious comparison. Lyrics are interesting especially the interplay with the backing vocalist. I think my favourite was 'Come Again' with it's realistic portrayal of sex and the political song 'Armagh' is powerful. But it's all great.
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From 01/15/2018 20:37
Sharply written post-punk album about sex and the role of gender.
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