Quartet
by Ultravox

Album
Quartet by Ultravox
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 11,386th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 68 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (163rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,560th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,386th)

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Ultravox bestography

Quartet is ranked 7th best out of 17 albums by Ultravox on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ultravox is Vienna which is ranked number 2550 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 620.

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Quartet rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,386th | 1980s rank: 1,560th | 1982 rank: 163rd  Overall chart history
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Quartet ratings

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74/100 (from 68 votes)
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 !		07/28/2026 23:40 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,58670/100
 
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From 03/12/2016 01:58 | #161764 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
How do you follow-up their best album Vienna? You start by getting the great (and sadly recently departed) Sir George Marin to helm the project. Six of the nine tracks can be categorized as hits (or minor hits) during their time. It's a great album and if you are looking for a slice of 80's music history it's one of the best.
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From 06/24/2026 06:37 | #315032
Un gran disco de Synthpop y New Wave producido por el legendario Sir George Martin, qué más se puede pedir? (Edited)
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From 04/25/2016 12:28 | #164448 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is a great record. I wore this disc out in '82. Highly recommended!
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From 03/09/2019 15:01 | #233283 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Best track: "Hymn"
Weakest track: "Cut And Run"
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