When The World Knows Your Name
by Deacon Blue

When The World Knows Your Name by Deacon Blue
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 13,571st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 36 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (186th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,864th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,571st)

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Deacon Blue bestography

When The World Knows Your Name is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Deacon Blue on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Deacon Blue is Raintown which is ranked number 7870 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 159.

Deacon Blue album bestography « Higher ranked (7,870th)
Raintown
This album (13,571st)
When The World Knows Your Name
Lower ranked (13,571st) »
When The World Knows Your Name

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,571st | 1980s rank: 1,864th | 1989 rank: 186th
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2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 198997/1000
2026RiveraBest Of Rest 482/100 -
2026TastyandTemptinTop 47 Music Albums of 198947/470
2026 Squonk007Top 29 Music Albums of 19896/294
2026RiveraTop 37 Music Albums of 198927/371
2026 Squonk007Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s54/1009
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 198939/1003
2025ThuramThugoodTop 21 Music Albums of 198917/211
2025ThuramThugoodPt 2: 1980s Decade - Best Albums (Part 2): 101-200. | 1980s8/14 -
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198936/1003
2025tim0505Top 10 Music Albums of 19899/101
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198949/1003
2025MoondanceRecently Departed: 202555/68 -
2024 CharlieBarley401-500 Favourite Songs96/100 -
2024 CharlieBarley201-3001/100 -
2022PretenderTop 17 Music Albums of 198916/171
2022 CharlieBarleyTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s28/10015
2022Pretender1989. Best songs, sort of ranked.14/54 -
2020 CharlieBarleyCaledonia: You're Calling Me! Fave albums by Scottish Artists1/86 -
2019Garyf1972Top 100 Greatest Music Albums69/10011
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 29
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 85
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75/100 (from 36 votes)
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10/08/2025 18:33 joyofdivision  Ratings distribution  23691/100
 
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04/26/2025 17:25 LuciLovecraft  Ratings distribution  797/100
 
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09/03/2024 20:40 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,95764/100
 
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01/30/2024 02:40 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,65579/100
 
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11/02/2023 09:29 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,00471/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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From 05/11/2013 21:47 | #75854
I had bought 'Fergus Sings The Blues' single which led to this albums purchase arguably their best in my opinion, Wages Day,Real Gone Kid,Your Constant Heart other favourites here.
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