Heyday
by The Church

Heyday by The Church
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 3,459th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 102 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (43rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (519th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,459th)

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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 1209 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,431.

The Church album bestography « Higher ranked (1,209th)
Starfish
This album (3,459th)
Heyday
Lower ranked (4,396th) »
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(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Heyday rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,459th | 1980s rank: 519th | 1985 rank: 43rd

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Heyday ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 102 votes)
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75/100
 
12/11/2025 19:17 vruslov  Ratings distribution  8,91974/100
 
70/100
 
11/07/2025 08:40 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,38669/100
 
80/100
 
09/28/2025 22:03 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,19573/100
 
70/100
 
08/23/2025 22:56 machiaj  Ratings distribution  80571/100
 
80/100
 
03/28/2025 00:00 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,19672/100

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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 77.1/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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85/100
From 12/06/2014 02:58 | #128818
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
A great album cover never seen a band look cooler
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From 02/16/2013 08:38 | #65218
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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