The Birthday Party
by The Idle Race
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The Idle Race bestography
The Birthday Party is ranked as the best album by The Idle Race.
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The Birthday Party track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Birthday Party 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 |  sssvnnn | Top 64 Music Albums of 1968 | 36/64 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 66 Music Albums of 1968 | 4/66 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 87 Music Albums of 1968 | 25/87 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | The best British Psych Rock albums of all time | 56/56 | - |
| 2026 |  NoisyBeast | 1960's ~ Wish List | 35/99 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1968 | 66/78 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 55 Music Albums of 1968 | 11/55 | 4 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1968 | 84/99 | 0 |
| 2026 | olimar9000 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 6/40 | 86 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 213 | |||
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The Birthday Party ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/16/2025 20:26 |  dihansse | 6,384 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2024 23:28 | Philly28 | 956 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2023 15:12 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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The Birthday Party forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/21/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5442): By martintho dihansse 04/17/2025 19:05 in My discoveries per year
Listmeister 07/18/2017 21:23 in Listmeister listens -- Electric Light OrchestraThe Birthday Party comments
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Skeleteon and the roundabout is creepy and brilliant in equal measures.
sssvnnn 12/12/2025 01:08 | #312103 | TOP COMMENT
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Pretty entertaining album of Jeff Lynne`s (ELO) first band. (Edited)
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