Cargo
by Men At Work

Cargo by Men At Work
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 7,990th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 69 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (109th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,135th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,990th)

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MEN AT WORK Cargo USED 1983 LP Rock It's A Mistake Vinyl Record COL-38660
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Men At Work Cargo Japan 1st Press 35.8P-16 CD B441
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Men At Work Cargo Columbia Vinyl LP Rock 12" 33 RPM Black Stereo 1980s
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Men At Work bestography

Cargo is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Men At Work on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Men At Work is Business As Usual which is ranked number 1960 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 863.

Men At Work album bestography « Higher ranked (1,960th)
Business As Usual
This album (7,990th)
Cargo
Lower ranked (23,342nd) »
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Cargo track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,990th | 1980s rank: 1,135th | 1983 rank: 109th

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Cargo ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 69 votes)
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04/23/2026 20:08 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,96281/100
 
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11/29/2024 14:32 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,21783/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 67.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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70/100
From 05/04/2024 07:54 | #303346
Feelgood
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65/100
From 10/19/2021 21:10 | #275192 | TOP COMMENT
I do enjoy this album - probably more than even I know or give it credit for!! I am most drawn to the slower Touching The Untouchables and Down By The Sea
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80/100
From 02/02/2020 09:21 | #247415 | TOP COMMENT
Probably the cheeriest album in my collection, the title track always puts a smile on my face. To be honest, until recently, I only knew Men At Work for 'Down Under'. As with many eighties bands, musically underrated and eroded by the sands of time. Great interesting cover art too!
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75/100
From 01/25/2016 16:07 | #157651 | TOP COMMENT
Solid pop from down under.
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80/100
From 12/27/2015 20:28 | #155219 | TOP COMMENT
I owned this before Business As Usual and although the strongest tracks are maybe not quite as strong as the ones on BAU, overall IMO, it is more consistent. BAU had two tracks I thought weakened it, this doesn't have any, therfore this just shades it for me (although they both get 8.5/10).
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From 12/17/2015 00:34 | #154731
Love the album cover.
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