Tubeway Army
by Tubeway Army

Album
Tubeway Army by Tubeway Army
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-11-24
Overall rank: 6,924th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 76 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (108th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,037th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,924th)

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Tubeway Army bestography

Tubeway Army is ranked 4th best out of 73 albums by Gary Numan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gary Numan is The Pleasure Principle which is ranked number 1580 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,088.

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Tubeway Army rankings

Tubeway Army rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,924th | 1970s rank: 1,037th | 1978 rank: 108th  Overall chart history
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Tubeway Army ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 76 votes)
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 !		10/10/2026 14:39 Artem  Ratings distribution  87277/100
 
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 !		09/08/2026 09:53 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,84483/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.


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Tubeway Army forum mentions

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From 11/11/2017 13:25 | #201163 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Cracking debut album, replicas is better but this is still very good. It’s the Numan sound but with a bit of rock about it...we’ll worth a listen. (Edited)
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Underrated classic. If you like Gary numan's 'replicas' which was released a year after this album, you should enjoy this debut album.
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From 09/19/2019 21:41 | #242815 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album rocks a lot harder than I was expecting...it's even heavy and aggressive at times. The riffs aren't necessarily anything to tell your grandchildren about, but the album as a whole is a lot of fun.
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