Close (studio album)
by Kim Wilde
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Kim Wilde bestography
Close is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Kim Wilde on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kim Wilde is Kim Wilde which is ranked number 19666 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 53.
(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 tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Close rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 20 Music Albums of 1988 | 20/20 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Squonk007 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1988 | 15/28 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | Gallowtree | Top 35 Music Albums of 1988 | 3/35 | 5 |
| 2024 |  CharlieBarley | 101-200 - The Next Chart | 94/100 | - |
| 2022 | CharlieBarley | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2020 | CharlieBarley | Top 89 Music Albums of 1988 | 11/89 | 4 |
| 2020 | ryusaki | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2020 | DJStuart79 | Random Musings | 92/100 | - |
| 2019 | Rovers | Top 23 Music Albums of 1988 | 18/23 | 1 |
| 2018 | Garyf1972 | Top 12 Music Albums of 1988 | 9/12 | 2 |
| 2015 | decker123 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 20/40 | - |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2011 | tkgriffi | Top 8 Greatest Music Albums | 5/8 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 34 | |||
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Close ratings
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m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/18/2025 23:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 1,475 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2025 09:08 | Olli | 6,084 | 68/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2025 04:38 |  Kingturtle | 5,968 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/28/2024 19:32 | r0b07 | 801 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2023 06:45 | Igtonumama | 10,790 | 63/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.8/100, a mean average of 65.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.6.
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Back to the 80s. She has such a nice voice, but most of the songs are average.
Very average pop music. Typical for the eighties
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