The Undertones
by The Undertones

The Undertones by The Undertones
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-05-13
Overall rank: 1,844th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 181 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (36th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (347th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,844th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,844th | 1970s rank: 347th | 1979 rank: 36th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 181 votes)
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80/100
 
01/29/2026 21:37 CharonBri  Ratings distribution  1,04375/100
 
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01/20/2026 16:03 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,20070/100
 
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12/03/2025 21:08 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100
 
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11/13/2025 00:09 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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07/31/2025 06:15 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,66875/100

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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 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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80/100
From 01/09/2022 13:22 | #278939
Even for an old man like me, this album has some potential to be revisited. Good postpunk pop.
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From 10/14/2021 18:25 | #275005
bumpity bump punk with forced angst
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Rating:  
85/100
From 01/14/2021 22:02 | #264428
This album feels like a singles collection. Would be so impressive if they recorded even better songs! Well.. they did record Teenage Kicks as well so I suppose they did. Well worth a spin!
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From 07/23/2019 18:35 | #240268
Favorite Tracks:Jump Boys, Billy's Third, Casbah Rock
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85/100
From 11/04/2017 05:24 | #200673
Best Tracks: Jimmy Jimmy, I Know A Girl
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85/100
From 07/27/2016 15:44 | #171880
Thoroughly enjoyable pop/punk classic. Great short punchy rock'n'roll tracks. A pity, teenage kicks, isn't on the actual album, still it's on the CD version. Is this the same man that would sing, a good heart?
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95/100
From 05/08/2014 15:16 | #111181
'Teenage Kicks' and 'Get Over You' shouldn't be listed.

Great pop-punk.
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100/100
From 03/01/2014 09:57 | #104917
A lost masterpiece of the 70s, They had so much potential....
Every song is a lesson about making great punk, Even that some songs looked old they can reanimate it in a way that even the most boring person can like.
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85/100
From 05/29/2013 07:24 | #77542
I prefer the October 1979 re-release (with "Teenage Kicks" and "Get Over You") to the initial 14-track LP, released in May 1979.
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80/100
From 10/10/2012 16:10 | #52052
The best album of the Undertones are better for Single .Thus the best album for the undertones are a Greatest Hit
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2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
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