Growing Up In Public
by Lou Reed
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Lou Reed bestography
Growing Up In Public is ranked 19th best out of 38 albums by Lou Reed on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lou Reed is Transformer which is ranked number 146 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,258.
(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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Growing Up In Public track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Growing Up In Public rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 16/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1980 | 6/44 | 4 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 15/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 71/76 | 0 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2025 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 16/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 32 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 76 | |||
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Growing Up In Public ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 19:37 | dihansse | 6,384 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 17:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,701 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:43 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.8/100, a mean average of 65.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Growing Up In Public forum mentions
dihansse 09/14/2026 20:00 in My discoveries per year
neilgee 06/08/2020 19:05 in What album are you listening to right now?Growing Up In Public comments
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Oh dear Lou, love lots of your stuff, but this is well off the mark. The Power of Positive Drinking is the standout song for me; How Do You Speak to an Angel, Growing Up in Public and Think It Over all have some charm and are good. As for the rest.... (Edited)
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/07/2017 04:47 | #200888
This sounds like Lou was off his rocker on this album but this time not necessarily in a good way. This is not easy to get into but I chuckled at some of the lyrics and bravado. (Edited)
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