Heyday
by The Church

Album
Heyday by The Church
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-00-00
Overall rank: 3,744th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 103 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (49th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (544th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,744th)

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The Church bestography

Heyday is ranked 2nd best out of 39 albums by The Church on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Church is Starfish which is ranked number 1222 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,426.

The Church album bestography « Higher ranked (1,222nd)
Starfish This album (3,744th)
Heyday Lower ranked (4,543rd) »
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Heyday rankings

Heyday rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,744th | 1980s rank: 544th | 1985 rank: 49th  Overall chart history
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Heyday ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 103 votes)
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85/100
 !		05/13/2026 15:22 btener11  Ratings distribution  3,91380/100
 
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 !		05/12/2026 21:56 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,27833/100
 
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 !		12/11/2025 19:17 vruslov  Ratings distribution  8,98174/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.


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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 14 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5412): By BraddlesHendo
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From 12/06/2014 02:58 | #128818 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I totally agree tonagamu. And not just this album, but their whole career
Has been overlooked, and underrated.
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From 11/07/2014 01:54 | #126377 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A great album cover never seen a band look cooler
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From 02/16/2013 08:38 | #65218 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Criminally underrated. At the time it was released it was bombarded with negative reviews because of it's string and horn parts. Listening to this now, I can't picture this album without them. It's gorgeous in it's execution and is probably The Church's masterpiece!
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