Pleasure Victim
by Berlin (US)
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Pleasure Victim is ranked as the best album by Berlin.
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Pleasure Victim track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Pleasure Victim 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 |  ExTeaSea | Top 82 Music Albums of 1982 | 52/82 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 70 Music Albums of 1982 | 51/70 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest Goth Albums (1 - 100) by Ultimate Record Collection | 92/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1982 | 38/41 | 0 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | 1980s 65rating (64-63.67), #001-100* | 39/98 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0301-0400* | 69/97 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  mutley88 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1982 | 10/15 | 2 |
| 2023 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 71/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 39 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 91 | |||
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Pleasure Victim ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2026 20:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,586 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 21:22 | ExTeaSea | 5,254 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2025 03:26 | matterhornrider | 5,212 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Pleasure Victim forum mentions
NoisyBeast 06/26/2025 01:40 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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neilgee 06/23/2021 13:37 in What album are you listening to right now?Pleasure Victim comments
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TheDude85 05/29/2019 17:05 | #236886
Berlin came out of the gates with their best album. "Masquerade" and "The Metro" were both top 20 hits. The remainder of the album had a somewhat samey feel, but was exquisite '82 synth pop. Terri Nunn had a babyish delivery that sells these songs.
The only track to make the top 40 (in a few countries like Canada, Finland, etc.) from this album was Sex, and it does stand out as a good song. The Metro is probably the best song here. I do remember hearing both these songs on the radio, but probably not when they were actually current. The rest is mostly fine, but the last track, "Torture"... let me just say it's appropriately named.
A repetitive new wave album with one hit and the rest are duds.
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