The Kids Are Alright
by The Who

The Kids Are Alright by The Who
(Live album)
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-06-08
Overall rank: 8,441st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 85 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (123rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,229th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,441st)

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The Who bestography

The Kids Are Alright is ranked 13th best out of 51 albums by The Who on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Who is Who's Next which is ranked number 40 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,405.

The Who album bestography « Higher ranked (7,589th)
Who (2019)
This album (8,441st)
The Kids Are Alright
Lower ranked (9,566th) »
It's Hard

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The Kids Are Alright track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Kids Are Alright rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,441st | 1970s rank: 1,229th | 1979 rank: 123rd  Overall chart history
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The Kids Are Alright ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 85 votes)
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02/28/2026 18:10 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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10/09/2024 20:19 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,98581/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.


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Far better play list than 'Live at Leeds'.
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Alternate and live versions of your favorite Who songs.
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