Big Thing
by Duran Duran
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Duran Duran bestography
Big Thing is ranked 6th best out of 24 albums by Duran Duran on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Duran Duran is Rio which is ranked number 555 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,085.
(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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Big Thing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Big Thing rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 90 Music Albums of the 1980s | 62/90 | 6 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 78 Music Albums of 1988 | 71/78 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1988 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1701-1800* | 61/84 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1988 | 59/83 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 67 Music Albums of 1988 | 19/67 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 1988 | 41/60 | 2 |
| 2025 | markl73 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 93/100 | 7 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1980s, #201-300* | 70/83 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 96 | |||
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Big Thing ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/21/2026 00:16 |  serpico | 914 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/17/2026 17:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,151 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2026 23:40 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 67.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.6.
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Big Thing forum mentions
paladisiac 06/11/2015 21:35 in What album are you listening to right now?Big Thing comments
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This album features three amazing singles
One of them being the hugely underrated and forgotten "Do you believe in shame" = A++
I Dont Want your Love = A
All She wants is = B+
It features a few more very good songs, then some dated filler songs and one unspeakably bad song (Drug)
However if you like DD and the mid/late 80's sound it is definitely worth a listen
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