Vital Idol (compilation album) by Billy Idol

Vital Idol by Billy Idol
(Compilation album)
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 42,517th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 17 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (450th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (5,147th)
Award Best albums of all time (42,517th)
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Billy Idol bestography

Vital Idol is ranked 8th best out of 15 albums by Billy Idol on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Billy Idol is Rebel Yell which is ranked number 2086 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 787.

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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.9.

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From 08/23/2019 14:25
A somewhat unnecessary collection which includes extended mixes of some of the lip curling master's best. Still fun.
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Extended mixes (complete with silly names) of his greatest hits (sort of).
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From 03/31/2018 14:47
This is worth owning just for White Wedding! A great compilation with plenty of synth textures and soaring guitars, not to mention the unmistakable vocal talents of Billy Idol.
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