Don't Stand Me Down
by Dexys Midnight Runners

Don't Stand Me Down by Dexys Midnight Runners
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 5,329th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 108 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (63rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (772nd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,329th)

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Dexys Midnight Runners bestography

Don't Stand Me Down is ranked 3rd best out of 9 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 1149 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,510.

Dexys Midnight Runners album bestography « Higher ranked (1,583rd)
Too-Rye-Ay
This album (5,329th)
Don't Stand Me Down
Lower ranked (7,420th) »
One Day I'm Going To Soar

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Don't Stand Me Down rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,329th | 1980s rank: 772nd | 1985 rank: 63rd

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 108 votes)
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02/26/2026 19:19 HoldenM  Ratings distribution  1,77583/100
 
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01/07/2026 19:29 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100
 
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09/30/2025 22:20 mash  Ratings distribution  1,44588/100
 
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04/02/2025 08:12 LammyTS1  Ratings distribution  1,05159/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.

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70/100
From 02/26/2026 19:19 | #313298
Not bad, but not for me.
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From 02/06/2022 15:37 | #280868
A bit of a pedestrian album from Runners, no hits, and songs are way too long for my taste. The last song was the best.
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From 07/22/2019 15:20 | #240184
Favorite Tracks:Knowledge Of Beauty
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From 10/19/2016 01:11 | #177128
i love most things dexys, but this i don't quite get, despite repeated listens, or i don't get why it so frequently is hailed as mr lowlands masterpiece. but i guess it's in the lyrics, me being scandinavian and first of all occupied with music, and the musical part of this one isn't, extracted from the words, that hilarious in my humble you-know-what.
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From 02/21/2013 07:17 | #65709
So... underwhelmed...
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