Go 2
by XTC

Go 2 by XTC
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-10-06
Overall rank: 6,053rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 85 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (105th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (965th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,053rd)

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XTC bestography

Go 2 is ranked 13th best out of 30 albums by XTC on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by XTC is Skylarking which is ranked number 384 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,382.

XTC album bestography « Higher ranked (5,833rd)
Chips From The Chocolate Fireball (An Anthology)
This album (6,053rd)
Go 2
Lower ranked (6,736th) »
Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

(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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Go 2 rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,053rd | 1970s rank: 965th | 1978 rank: 105th

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Go 2 ratings

Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 85 votes)
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65/100
 
01/18/2026 10:14 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,70270/100
 
70/100
 
12/18/2025 00:38 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,63375/100
 
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11/23/2025 07:27 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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06/09/2025 22:41 OuttaKingsley  Ratings distribution  15091/100
 
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05/19/2025 18:22 villagegreen831  Ratings distribution  15077/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.3/100, a mean average of 67.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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From 09/24/2021 02:25 | #274111
I realize it's not their best album from a purely objective point of view, but it's nevertheless my favorite album of all time. What can I say, it just struck a chord with me.
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From 01/24/2018 21:32 | #206449
A little more refined than their debut but in a similar vein. No bad tracks but also no top quality ones either. Still a cracking album.
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75/100
From 07/12/2017 22:57 | #194162
First side is great, second side pretty terrible. Some hidden gems here though like Red, Meccanic Dancing and Battery Brides!
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