Circus Animals
by Cold Chisel
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Cold Chisel bestography
Circus Animals is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Cold Chisel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cold Chisel is East which is ranked number 3517 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 428.
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Circus Animals track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Circus Animals rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 70 Music Albums of 1982 | 69/70 | 0 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1982 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1982 | 1/41 | 5 |
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 1982 | 58/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 81 Music Albums of 1982 | 55/81 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Best Australian Albums | 1/100 | - |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Greatest Music Albums #101 - 200 | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 6/100 | 91 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 220 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/28/2026 23:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,615 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 02:23 | matterhornrider | 5,154 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 15:27 |  sssvnnn | 8,469 | 67/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.2/100, a mean average of 68.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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Purplepash 10/20/2024 00:56 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Circus Animals comments
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sssvnnn 12/05/2025 15:30 | #312020 | TOP COMMENT
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entertaining 80`2 mainstream rock...
nothing special.
the guitarist is good anyway. (Edited)
Brad1770 12/26/2018 10:38 | #227907 | TOP COMMENT
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'East' vs 'Circus Animals' ? which is Chisels best album ? It's an Australian pub debate with no clear winner , they are both great albums , personally I've always preferred the more accessible 'East' mainly because it was my first Chisels album and has always held a special place in my heart
Interestingly around the time 'Circus Animals' was released Cold Chisel were developing a strong following in Germany of all places and toured there in support but unfortunately they never quite hit it big and they returned to Australia to a hero's welcome
'Circus Animals' is clearly in the conversation for one of Australia's best albums of all time , it's not better than 'Back In Black' , 'Diesel and Dust' or 'Kick' but its around the mark (Edited)
Haven't heard this for decades. Classic Blues/Rock album. Poor bastards all who'll never hear a Cold Chisel album.
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