Broadcast
by Cutting Crew
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Broadcast is ranked as the best album by Cutting Crew.
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Broadcast track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Broadcast rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 26 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1986 | 17/25 | 2 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top albums, #0201-0300* | 24/75 | - |
| 2025 | Gallowtree | Top 56 Music Albums of 1986 | 50/56 | 1 |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | 100 Best Music of the Eighties | 11/100 | - |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | One Hit and Run | 10/13 | - |
| 2023 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 49/100 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 41 | |||
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Broadcast ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/10/2025 17:24 | RemainInLight | 3,812 | 36/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2024 23:26 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2024 17:38 | TonySayers61 | 25,787 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 63.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
Broadcast forum mentions
paladisiac 05/01/2014 15:03 in What album are you listening to right now?Broadcast comments
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This is a favourite mid eighties synth pop/rock album of mine. Several of the tracks sit in my summer music mix and in my gym workout playlists. 'Died in Your Arms' is a personal favourite. There are no tracks which I don't like, in fact I want to get this on vinyl if I can get hold of a mint copy.
And so on 7/3/19 I happily laid the near mint recently purchased vinyl onto the platter. Definitely worth waiting for, the vinyl is much richer and provides an even better listening experience than the CD and tape versions I have. Enough for me up the rating to 85!
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/16/2012 18:12 | #35327
This is a paranoid pop/rock album. You'd know it by hits "(i just) died in your arms" and "i've been in love before", or maybe by lesser-charting songs like "it shouldn't take too long" or "one for the mockingbird". They kind of remind me of the poppy side of GTR or Mr. Mister.
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