The Golden Age Of Wireless
by Thomas Dolby
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The Golden Age Of Wireless is ranked as the best album by Thomas Dolby.
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The Golden Age Of Wireless track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Golden Age Of Wireless rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/27/2026 14:20 | cicadelic | 13,387 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2026 13:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,111 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 03:53 | Proto | 4,189 | 33/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2026 22:16 | Liks_on_music | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 02:24 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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One of my favorite albums of 1982 (U.S. Version); not one weak track. Fun, creative and at times beautiful.
Favorites: Airwaves, Flying North, Europa, One of Our Submarines, Cloudburst At Shingle Street.
One of my favorite new wave albums of the early 80s and all time. Blinded me with Science was issued on subsequent releases to this album so I do consider it part of Golden Age of Wireless
Innovative and catchy this album is chocked full of pop gems.
Another of my early 80's favourites that I still listen to (and enjoy). His best album too, The Flat Earth has too few songs (one of which is Mulu and I just can't bear that song)!
This is more than just "She Blinded Me With Science".
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