The Art Of Walking
by Pere Ubu

The Art Of Walking by Pere Ubu
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 8,683rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 33 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (141st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,250th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,683rd)

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Pere Ubu bestography

The Art Of Walking is ranked 4th best out of 25 albums by Pere Ubu on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pere Ubu is The Modern Dance which is ranked number 856 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,008.

Pere Ubu album bestography « Higher ranked (7,321st)
New Picnic Time
This album (8,683rd)
The Art Of Walking
Lower ranked (17,108th) »
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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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The Art Of Walking rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,683rd | 1980s rank: 1,250th | 1980 rank: 141st
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2025 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of 198084/1001
2025 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 198087/1001
2025 melisandreTop 100 Greatest Music Albums74/10026
2025 LiedzeitTop 74 Music Albums of 19806/745
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198096/1000
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198071/1002
2024cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 198025/40 -
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 19807/50 -
2024JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198031/1004
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 198047/1003
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 198050/1003
2022thekrauterTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s97/1001
2021foxwellTop 40 Greatest Music Albums34/4010
2021 kaduphemingTop 36 Music Albums of 198016/363
2021panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 198092/1000
2021badgerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s88/1003
2020Red0510Top 98 Music Albums of the 1980s28/9814
2020Red0510Top 50 Music Albums of 19807/504
2020 The GolluxTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s66/1007
2020 LiedzeitTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s67/1007
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 31
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 141
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 33 votes)
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11/12/2025 20:38 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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10/10/2025 08:07 melisandre  Ratings distribution  15188/100
 
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08/24/2025 13:45 Norman Bates  Ratings distribution  10,02375/100
 
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09/27/2024 03:04 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,34865/100
 
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04/11/2024 19:09 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,36169/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.7.

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