The Big Express
by XTC
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XTC bestography
The Big Express is ranked 11th best out of 30 albums by XTC on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by XTC is Skylarking which is ranked number 382 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,398.
(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 Big Express track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Big Express rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/21/2025 14:43 |  AAL2014 | 3,585 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:40 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 23:41 |  MadhattanJack | 5,493 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2025 13:39 | JamesMowbray | 5,287 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2025 07:38 |  Tamthebam | 22,966 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Nice songs (as always) but so chronically over-produced it hurts my ears.
I do like the more industrial sound of this album but find it a little more up and down than most of their albums. Because of that although I score it the same as Mummer I position it lower.
sageamagoo 03/27/2017 23:12 | #188297
Somehow The Big Express is ranked here as the single worst XTC album. That's just crazy! Every song is great, especially the shining career-wide highlight I Remember The Sun which never fails to leave me breathless.
meccalecca 03/29/2013 22:59 | #70493
I'm surprised The Big Express doesn't get more love here. Seems like everyone loves Skylarking, but I personally prefer The Big Express.
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