Low-Life
by New Order
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New Order bestography
Low-Life is ranked 3rd best out of 32 albums by New Order on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by New Order is Power, Corruption & Lies which is ranked number 251 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,246.
(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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Low-Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Low-Life rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 21 Music Albums of 1985 | 1/21 | 5 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 47 Music Albums of 1985 | 21/47 | 3 |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 34 Music Albums of 1985 | 12/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1985 | 5/86 | 5 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 24/100 | 75 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 42/100 | 12 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 425 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,585 | |||
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Low-Life ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/28/2026 02:47 | Melway94 | 118 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2026 12:58 | jwalsh97 | 749 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2026 21:22 | traistboar | 1,794 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Low-Life forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5452): By LittleM1971 BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea BestEverAlbums 08/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5414): By Graeme2Low-Life comments
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/15/2014 16:08 | #100702 | TOP COMMENT
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Why they didn't put the full version of perfect kiss on here is beyond me. Every time I hear this album I always wish it wouldn't fade out! What the hell were they thinking cos the full version is one of the best things I've ever heard. It fades just at the point it goes from fantastic to mind blowing. Had a video taped off bbc from world cup 86 with goals montage from past with the kiss instrumental over the top. Amazing. Didn't know who it was till got substance in 1990.
Great album, New Order continues their brilliancy here with tracks such as Love Vigilantes, The Perfect Kiss, Sunrise, Elegia, and Sooner Than You Think. One of their best albums and my personal favorite New Order album
Solid album from top to bottom. The one-two punch of "This Time of Night" and "Sunrise" (deliberate back-to-back placement?) is what I keep coming back to. (Edited)
nocturnaldelight 09/06/2018 01:22 | #220633 | TOP COMMENT
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This album offers great guitar play but bad vocals. There are not many really good songs like "The Perfect Kiss" or "Elegia" but even the weaker material always shows glimpses of greatness and the guitar sound of New Order ist very unique. Note that there's also a 12 Inch Mix of "The Perfect Kiss" and a 17 minute version of "Elegia" on the 2008 Collector's Edition of "Low-Life". (Edited)
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2012 21:12 | #34241 | TOP COMMENT
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Featuring some of their best songs i.e The Perfect Kiss, Sub-Culture, and Love Vigilantes, Low-Life is New Order at the height of their powers.
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