Mr. Music Head
by Adrian Belew

Mr. Music Head by Adrian Belew
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 31,090th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 16 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (414th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (3,815th)
Award Best albums of all time (31,090th)

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Adrian Belew bestography

Mr. Music Head is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by Adrian Belew on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Adrian Belew is Lone Rhino which is ranked number 13610 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 86.

Adrian Belew album bestography « Higher ranked (14,763rd)
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This album (31,090th)
Mr. Music Head
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Mr. Music Head track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Mr. Music Head rankings summary
Overall rank: 31,090th | 1980s rank: 3,815th | 1989 rank: 414th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 16 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.


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From 11/19/2020 02:24 | #261062
Just a flat-out great collection of catchy mildly trippy Beatlesque pop songs. Better than anything any of the surviving Beatles have done since the 70's. Fave tracks: "House of Cards", "Hot Zoo", "One of These Days", and if you love "A Day in the Life", you've got to hear "1967"!
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From 07/06/2020 06:28 | #255089
At least on first listen, this is a decent pop album...except that "1967" is absolutely phenomenal. Reminiscent of "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", it's about five songs in one, with perfect transitions, perfect lyrics, and a wonderful acoustic guitar (tuned, I believe, to DADDAD!). Quickly becoming one of my favorites, and that track alone earns this album a solid rating from me.
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