Jeopardy (studio album) by The Sound

Jeopardy by The Sound
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 2,117th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 142 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (42nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (324th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,117th)
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The Sound bestography

Jeopardy is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by The Sound on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Sound is From The Lion's Mouth which is ranked number 1628 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,055.

The Sound album bestography « Higher ranked (1,628th) This album (2,117th) Lower ranked (9,269th) »
From The Lion's MouthJeopardyAll Fall Down

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Jeopardy track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 142 votes)
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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 77.5/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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90/100
From 06/21/2020 13:30
Very good post-punkband. IMHO this first album is better than From the Lion's Mouth. Don't understand that "I can't escape myself" never was a hit, it should have been.
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From 10/17/2016 23:57
Great album back in the day, still sounds great! Adrian Borland massive loss!!
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From 11/22/2014 04:08
Decent Joy Division inspired yet more danceable post-punk that likely served as the template for the Killers' Hot fuzz & Franz Ferdinand's s/t albums. Unfortunately, it's rather inconsistent and is most enjoyable on the first couple of spins.
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From 08/31/2014 11:02
One of the best post-punk album!
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From 06/15/2014 01:41
Extremely well done Joy Division inspired yet more danceable post-punk that likely served as the template for the Killers' Hot fuzz & Franz Ferdinand's s/t albums.
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25/100
From 05/09/2014 20:20
listening to this you would have been really cool in the early 80s. without the vogue - it's just the way-to-the-lions-mouth-record.
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95/100
From 02/04/2011 23:13
A vital post-punk album !
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Best Albums of 1980
1. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters... And Super Creeps by David Bowie
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