The Birthday Party
by The Idle Race

The Birthday Party by The Idle Race
Year: 1968
Release date: 1968-10-11
Overall rank: 6,258th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 37 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (90th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (475th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,258th)

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The Birthday Party is ranked as the best album by The Idle Race.

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Overall rank: 6,258th | 1960s rank: 475th | 1968 rank: 90th  Overall chart history
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71/100 (from 37 votes)
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04/16/2025 20:26 dihansse  Ratings distribution  6,38475/100
 
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09/25/2023 15:12 fabm0  Ratings distribution  7,00958/100

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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by martintho () 1. by (1968) 2. (1968) 3. by (1969) 4. by (1967) 5. (1966) 6. by (1969) 7. by (1968) 8. by (1964) 9. by (1964) 10. by (1969) 11. by (1967) 12. by (1967) 13. (1965) 14. by (1965) 15. by (1963) 16. by (1968) 17. by (1969) 18.…”
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From dihansse 04/17/2025 19:05 in My discoveries per year
“Two albums of 1968 I listened to: First an album I already own/know: And again an album with a lot of psychedelic influences not dissimilar to what the Beatles and The Stones did around that time, only with a bit less talent. And at the same time it also had some resemblances of the rock operas the…”
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“How it all started. BEA Ranks: 80th of 1968; 424th of 1960s; 6286th of All Time Ranked highest by TrekkiELO (33rd of All Time) "Skeleteon and the roundabout is creepy and brilliant in equal measures."--gussteivi I made a mistake in my early research for this project, and I completely missed The…”
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Skeleteon and the roundabout is creepy and brilliant in equal measures.
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Pretty entertaining album of Jeff Lynne`s (ELO) first band. (Edited)
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