Business As Usual
by Men At Work

Album
Business As Usual by Men At Work
Year: 1981
Release date: 1981-11-09
Overall rank: 1,944th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 205 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (27th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (293rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,944th)

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Men At Work bestography

Business As Usual is ranked as the best album by Men At Work.

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Business As Usual track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Who Can It Be Now?
Average Rating: 86 (85 votes)Comments: View 1
2.
I Can See It In Your Eyes
Average Rating: 78 (42 votes)Comments: View 0
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Down Under
Average Rating: 88 (105 votes)Comments: View 2
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Underground
Average Rating: 77 (38 votes)Comments: View 0
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Helpless Automaton
Average Rating: 74 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
People Just Love To Play With Words
Average Rating: 75 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Be Good Johnny
Average Rating: 77 (44 votes)Comments: View 0
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Touching The Untouchables
Average Rating: 76 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Catch A Star
Average Rating: 75 (39 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Down By The Sea
Average Rating: 79 (41 votes)Comments: View 0

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Business As Usual rankings

Business As Usual rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,944th | 1980s rank: 293rd | 1981 rank: 27th  Overall chart history
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Business As Usual ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 205 votes)
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80/100
 !		09/04/2026 15:36 Sentido  Ratings distribution  35284/100
 
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 !		07/23/2026 16:42 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  90248/100
 
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 !		05/23/2026 16:39 Fritz  Ratings distribution  1,36977/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.


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Business As Usual forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by ExTeaSea () 1. by by (1982) 3. by (1980) 4. (1981) 5. by (1981) 6. by by (1981) 8. by (1980) 9. by by (1985) 11. by (1983) 12. by (1987) 13. by (1986) 15. by (1988) 16. (1986) 17. by by (1982) 20. (1982) 21. by by by by by (1981) 27. by…”
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From Romanelli 06/10/2026 15:50 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From Patman360 09/17/2024 16:08 in Now Pat's What I Call Music!
“13 Men At Work - Down Under Don't know how Australians feel about this (even though I have been...), but it's a tune for sure, in fact so much so, I seriously debating putting number 1 for now, in fact, let's do just that. Also, Business As Usual, good stuff, I'm absolutely a sucker for this kind…”
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Business As Usual comments

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95/100
From 03/16/2021 02:16 | #267394 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Funny how some claim this album is a "guilty pleasure" I disagree, it's just a legit great album. It's catchy and delightful and the hits are freaking nostalgic. I love it.
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80/100
From 12/27/2015 19:22 | #155216 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Just like the other 80's 'Men' band I like, Men Without Hats, Men At Work are so much more than their best known single. Almost reggae like rhythms and a quality album. Two songs (tracks 6 & 9) away from 9 out of 10.
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65/100
From 06/07/2015 15:01 | #143256 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This was music for you if you thought REO Speedwagon and Journey were too edgy. I still like it, though. Especially "Be Good Johnny".

What's with that cover art, though?
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From 01/25/2021 17:57 | #265084 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Very underrated. This album sounds fantastic, has a great mood, unique and you can listen it many times.
What do you miss from it if you give bad rating?
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From 09/01/2017 00:04 | #197045 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of my true guilty pleasures and one of my favorite albums. Colin Hay is a fantastic lead singer
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