1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts
by Half Japanese

1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts by Half Japanese
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 11,893rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 44 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1980 (178th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,639th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,893rd)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 11,893rd | 1980s rank: 1,639th | 1980 rank: 178th
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2026 arthurbittencourtTop 99 Music Albums of the 1980s48/9911
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1980 by Acclaimed Music55/58 -
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198066/1002
2025 idioticanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s31/10014
2025 PatrickDTop 99 Music Albums of 198078/991
2025 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of 198085/1001
2024brun027Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s96/991
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 198040/50 -
2024JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198094/1000
2024MoondanceDylan Covers 4:Every Song 1973-78 by US artists27/98 -
2023 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 198060/1002
2023 Xxnu99etxXTop 38 Music Albums of 198017/383
2023 Xxnu99etxXNo Wave45/63 -
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 198055/1002
2022sonicdiscourseTop 29 Music Albums of 198011/293
2021mistertrickTop 15 Music Albums of 198013/151
2021 kaduphemingTop 36 Music Albums of 198013/363
2021 NoisyBeastTop Albums of 1980... #101-20037/99 -
2020Red0510Top 98 Music Albums of the 1980s30/9814
2020Red0510Top 50 Music Albums of 19808/504
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 30
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 99
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68/100 (from 44 votes)
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11/12/2025 20:40 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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04/27/2025 21:55 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,58769/100
 
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02/04/2025 17:17 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,39149/100
 
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08/24/2024 23:21 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,51665/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.1/100, a mean average of 67.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.6.

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From 06/17/2020 19:59 | #253771
This is the kind of album I can't really say anything about. It just exists and I either love it or hate it.
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From 07/30/2017 22:15 | #195208
I don't listen to this album very often. I don't listen to it all the way through either. But the playfulness, innocence and savant like clarity of this album makes it very special. It may not even be music to some people, but there is a rawness and humanity that speaks volumes. Its like nothing else I've ever heard but I'm so glad that this music exists.
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