Balance Of Power
by Electric Light Orchestra
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Electric Light Orchestra bestography
Balance Of Power is ranked 9th best out of 42 albums by Electric Light Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Electric Light Orchestra is Out Of The Blue which is ranked number 538 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,214.
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Balance Of Power track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Balance Of Power rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 1980s, #301-400 | 51/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut- 1986 | 8/9 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 51 Music Albums of 1986 | 48/51 | 0 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 40 Music Albums of 1986 | 38/40 | 0 |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 41/100 | 57 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1986 | 42/92 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 57 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 320 | |||
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Balance Of Power ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/04/2026 11:46 | Leonard | 6,629 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2026 03:16 | Philly28 | 968 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2026 17:44 | shawnd27 | 26 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.4/100, a mean average of 64.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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Balance Of Power forum mentions
neilgee 29 hours ago in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 10/15/2025 19:42 in My discoveries per year
NowhereMan 07/04/2023 16:09 in What album are you listening to right now?Balance Of Power comments
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Leonard 06/24/2016 09:03 | #169629 | TOP COMMENT
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Very weak ELO-album, but I bought the CD in 86, the re-release in the 00s and in 2014 the LP second hand!
I'm paranoid ?
Heaven only knows!
NowhereMan 09/07/2014 20:43 | #121443 | TOP COMMENT
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Straight no nonsense catchy pop/rock. A brilliant formula. A simplistic but wonderful end to the career of the second greatest band ever.
By 1986, there was little left of the magic and what characterized the sound of ELO. The grandiose productions were over, strings and other elements from classical music were gone, now they just sounded like any other mediocre 80's soft rock band. All the songs are fairly anonymous, the only one that slightly stands out is "Calling America", but neither that one is good enough to deserve a place on an ELO Greatest Hits record.
TheDude85 07/02/2022 19:24 | #286980 | TOP COMMENT
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Band was running on fumes at this point. Lynne was distracted with Traveling Wilburys and other production duties. A dismal end to a tremendous group.
The worst album product from Lynne. Seems disconnected from his genius. Didn't work haven't listed to it since first listen in 86 ish. Avoid.
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