This Heat
by This Heat

This Heat by This Heat
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-09-00
Overall rank: 2,055th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 131 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (41st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (375th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,055th)

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This Heat bestography

This Heat is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by This Heat on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by This Heat is Deceit which is ranked number 936 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,839.

This Heat album bestography « Higher ranked (936th)
Deceit
This album (2,055th)
This Heat
Lower ranked (22,937th) »
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This Heat rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,055th | 1970s rank: 375th | 1979 rank: 41st
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2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 197984/1001
2026 Patman360Top 99 Music Albums of 197970/992
2026Cheboygan74Favorite New-to-Me Albums73/100 -
2026 DommeDamianTop 78 Music Albums of the 1970s75/781
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s95/1001
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 197926/1004
2026Cheboygan74Top 13 Music Albums of 19792/135
2026 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 197977/1001
2026 MadhattanJackTop 100 Music Albums of 197976/1001
2026SkernsTop 89 Music Albums of 197948/892
2026Cheboygan74Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s13/10018
2026 LedZepTop 99 Music Albums of the 1970s91/992
2026 AAL2014Top 76 Music Albums of 197919/764
2026 DommeDamianFeb 26: 501-53611/36 -
2026saltysurpriseTop 47 Music Albums of 197915/474
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1979 by Ultimate Record Collector15/41 -
2025 andy_hunterTop 87 Music Albums of the 1970s72/874
2025 kaduphemingTop 99 Music Albums of the 1970s55/999
2025 imacgillTop 89 Music Albums of 197968/891
2025ElauqsapidTop 16 Music Albums of 197910/162
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 126
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 802
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This Heat ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 131 votes)
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03/08/2026 18:06 Leschoses  Ratings distribution  6986/100
 
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01/19/2026 01:12 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,16470/100
 
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07/08/2025 11:02 Dingerbell  Ratings distribution  4,00362/100
 
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06/21/2025 13:56 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,72064/100
 
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06/14/2025 23:40 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,07980/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.

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80/100
From 08/04/2024 23:09 | #304649
Deceit gets a ton of well-deserved credit but don’t sleep on this one. Tons of very unique, ahead of the curve stuff.
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45/100
From 01/23/2022 11:13 | #279883
A very minimalist album that does shine in places but also struggles to maintain my attention for the full run time. It has moments where it is really psychedelic and you end up getting lost in these crazy beats and rhythms which is exactly what the artist wants you to do. This is really helped by the drums which are phenomenal on this album and are the real highlight for me. However, it just feels a bit to empty at times and it is so easy for me to switch off from the album. It can feel partly made at times as well and like it is missing something to complete the sound that they are trying to achieve. Overall, this album is an experience but doesn't have the quality to be amongst the greatest of all time.
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80/100
From 12/22/2016 15:02 | #180723
A wonderful noise rock, post punk album.
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95/100
From 01/28/2015 21:23 | #132826
Absolute masterpiece
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From 09/10/2011 06:08 | #27320
A unique post-punk album from the last 1970's.
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