Earthshaker
by Y&T

Earthshaker by Y&T
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 9,344th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 19 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (153rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,336th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,344th)

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Earthshaker is ranked as the best album by Y&T.

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Earthshaker rankings

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Overall rank: 9,344th | 1980s rank: 1,336th | 1981 rank: 153rd
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2026stevengnzTop 97 Music Albums of 19811/975
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1981 by Metal Storm13/20 -
2024 Repo1981: Metal21/44 -
2024stevengnzTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s4/10019
2023Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s47/10011
2023GallowtreeTop 63 Music Albums of 198151/631
2023stevengnzTop 100 Greatest Music Albums39/10048
2021vruslovTop 90 Music Albums of 198146/903
2021Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 198126/1004
2021NHGRANITETop 50 Music Albums of 198145/501
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 198198/1000
2019WayneMCClassic Rock: The Real 100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s63/100 -
2018phopwoodTop 40 Greatest Music Albums28/407
2018Classic Rock DeutschlandDie besten Alben der 80er63/1008
2017 DanielNunes93Top 20 Music Albums of 198118/201
2017 NoisyBeastFavorite 1980s Metal Albums II83/100 -
2017Classic RockThe REAL 100 Greatest Albums Of The '80s63/1008
2017LADodger1Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s66/1007
2014 VaggelisTop 100 Music Albums of 198127/1004
1981OORJaarlijst Oor 198119/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 20
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 129
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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 19 votes)
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01/31/2026 16:00 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,31173/100
 
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02/22/2023 14:22 Fevernova  Ratings distribution  3,13782/100
 
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01/23/2023 03:44 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,41064/100
 
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12/14/2022 11:24 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,01164/100
 
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09/06/2022 22:29 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,38865/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.7.

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From 05/13/2012 07:17 | #42143
This album has 4 classic tracks: Dirty Girl, Rescue Me, Hurricane and I Believe In You. A brilliant song (although a bit tinny in production) in Squeeze and then 5 other good tracks. Fantastic - worth a listen and Y&T at their best.
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