Thursday Afternoon
by Brian Eno
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Brian Eno bestography
Thursday Afternoon is ranked 8th best out of 51 albums by Brian Eno on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Brian Eno is Another Green World which is ranked number 204 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,376.
(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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Thursday Afternoon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Thursday Afternoon rankings
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 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Electronic | 63/100 | - |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 82 Music Albums of 1985 | 5/82 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1985 | 51/54 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | videoheadcleaner's 201-300 | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 34 Music Albums of 1985 | 22/34 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 38 Music Albums of 1985 | 12/38 | 4 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Ambient 1958-2000 | 71/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 84 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 178 | |||
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Thursday Afternoon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/03/2026 21:43 | TastyandTemptin | 3,182 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 11:34 | platus | 5,876 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2025 02:35 |  Tamthebam | 23,293 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Forum mentions
Cytoma 01/10/2022 18:29 in What album are you listening to right now?Thursday Afternoon comments
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Another mellow masterpiece from Mr. Eno.
Mother Nature's Son 10/13/2014 21:36 | #124393 | TOP COMMENT
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Ahh... this is like the randomized equivalent of "Ambient 1: Music for Airports". I'm almost positive that it was a Geiger counter that decided when to play a note on this album back in the day. Obviously very soothing, also on Monday nights!
My ambient choice! Brian Eno does it gracefully.
Ambient heaven. Fleeting and minimalistic.
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