Billy Idol
by Billy Idol
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Billy Idol bestography
Billy Idol is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Billy Idol on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billy Idol is Rebel Yell which is ranked number 1957 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 866.
(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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Billy Idol track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Billy Idol 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 |  ERadio | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 47/55 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 39 Music Albums of 1982 | 39/39 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1982 | 64/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1982 | 22/31 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 90 Music Albums of 1982 | 44/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 68 Music Albums of 1982 | 47/68 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2501-2600 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 82 Music Albums of 1982 | 7/82 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 75/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 67 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 167 | |||
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Billy Idol ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/28/2026 02:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,685 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2026 05:33 | Gendjar | 4,749 | 56/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2026 21:04 | culwin | 1,593 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Billy Idol forum mentions
Romanelli 01/13/2026 22:32 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Sacred Cow
neilgee 06/03/2021 16:14 in What album are you listening to right now?Billy Idol comments
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First half is pretty good, second half is just alright. Overall good, but not great. MTV came along at the perfect time for him though, as he was able to use it to promote this album and the next with (now classic) videos, including ones from Generation X. (Edited)
Stand out tracks "White wedding", "Love calling" and "Hot in the city". The rest mediocre.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2015 04:10 | #132204 | TOP COMMENT
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Cemented Billy Idol as a pop-punk superstar. Better than you'd think.
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