The Monkey Puzzle
by The Saints
Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments or join the discussion.
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
The Saints bestography
The Monkey Puzzle is ranked 11th best out of 21 albums by The Saints on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Saints is (I'm) Stranded which is ranked number 2803 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 558.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to The Monkey Puzzle on YouTube
Loading content from YouTube...
The Monkey Puzzle track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
#
Track
Rating/Comments
The Monkey Puzzle rankings
The Monkey Puzzle rankings summary
Overall rank: 63,640th | 1980s rank: 7,032nd | 1981 rank: 752nd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Repo | 1981: Punk | 20/33 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 57 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/57 | 4 |
| 2026 | Repo | Micro-Genres: Aussie Rock | 8/9 | - |
| 2025 | Moondance | 1980's: albums 101 - 200 | 16/100 | - |
| 2024 | dihansse | My Overall Top 1000: 801-900 | 34/100 | - |
| 2023 | cronadigallina | Top 98 Music Albums of 1980 | 80/98 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 8 | |||
You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page!
The Monkey Puzzle collection
Showing all 2 members who have this album in their collection
The Monkey Puzzle ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
N.B. The average rating for this album will not be reliable as it has been rated very few times.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 6 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/19/2025 09:36 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,358 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2023 17:23 | LosWochos | 47,547 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2022 14:49 | Repo | 2,234 | 85/100 |
Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to leave a rating
The Monkey Puzzle favourites
Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to add a favourite
The Monkey Puzzle forum mentions
This album has been referenced 3 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From Repo 06/04/2025 23:07 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Repo 06/04/2025 23:07 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
View post →From Repo 09/11/2022 14:37 in What album are you listening to right now?
Repo 09/11/2022 14:37 in What album are you listening to right now?“What album are you listening to right now?”
View post →From dihansse 11/12/2019 21:46 in My discoveries per year
dihansse 11/12/2019 21:46 in My discoveries per year“In fact I only knew the first three and the last album by the Saints and I have always been more an Ed Kuepper fan than a Chris Bailey Fan, but I have to admit, the latter is also a real songsmith. Finding a bit about their other albums was a bit of a difficult ride: albums have different names in…”
View post →The Monkey Puzzle comments
What do you think of this album? Be the first to comment!.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments or join the discussion.
