The Ideal Copy
by Wire
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Wire bestography
The Ideal Copy is ranked 4th best out of 29 albums by Wire on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wire is Pink Flag which is ranked number 341 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,925.
(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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The Ideal Copy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Ideal Copy rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 69 Music Albums of 1987 | 2/69 | 5 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 94 Music Albums of 1987 | 58/94 | 2 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 73 Music Albums of 1987 | 38/73 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 16 Music Albums of 1987 | 14/16 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1987 | 87/97 | 1 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 39 Music Albums of 1987 | 5/39 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 183 | |||
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The Ideal Copy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/07/2026 12:41 | JamesMowbray | 5,649 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2025 20:57 | MadhattanJack | 6,008 | 66/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2025 00:42 |  Brandon8 | 1,051 | 89/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 02/02/2026 20:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) MadhattanJack 06/21/2023 04:50 in Good/great albums with one atrocious song on itThe Ideal Copy comments
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Brandon8 06/24/2020 13:15 | #254415 | TOP COMMENT
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The band’s first album in the 1980’s after being dormant for many years. They jump right into electronic music and synthesizers that they had begun to use in the late 70s but take it another step. The sound is comparable to New Order but less commercial. It does not reach the heights of the trilogy but it is still a bold addition to their discography.
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