Too-Rye-Ay
by Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners
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Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners bestography
Too-Rye-Ay is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Dexys Midnight Runners on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dexys Midnight Runners is Searching For The Young Soul Rebels which is ranked number 1176 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,489.
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Too-Rye-Ay track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Too-Rye-Ay 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 |  O.T. | Top 33 Music Albums of 1982 | 2/33 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 15/100 | 80 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 30/55 | 2 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1982 | 43/90 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 51 Music Albums of 1982 | 39/51 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 25 Music Albums of 1982 | 12/25 | 3 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 90 Music Albums of 1982 | 68/90 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 199 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,051 | |||
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Too-Rye-Ay ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/20/2025 18:48 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 05:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,674 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 04:03 | AAL2014 | 4,302 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Too-Rye-Ay forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept neilgee 09/10/2026 17:52 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 08/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5396): By pranafilmsToo-Rye-Ay comments
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Featuring four Top 20 hits and their second Number 1 hit single, the magical blend of Northern Soul and Pop continues on from their marvellous debut album. No fillers here. (Edited)
Only ten years after British Beat had ruled the international Rock waves, there was again a lot of very good British Rock Music around in the 1980s and 90s. In this context, Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners might be viewed as very commercially successsful also-rans, but the quantity of great songs they left us, suggests otherwise.
This is one of their finest album releases. (Edited)
The first 4 songs are incredibly fun and then it goes a little bit downhill until brilliant Come On Eileen comes on, overall good album. They sound like hybrid between Queen and Bruce Springsteen.
an ambitious attempt at something with the 1 blockbuster success single. pop (Edited)
Favorite Tracks:The Celtic Soul Brothers, Plan B, Until I Believe In My Soul
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