Earthshaker
by Y&T
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Earthshaker is ranked as the best album by Y&T.
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Earthshaker track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Earthshaker rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1981 | 1/97 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1981: Metal | 21/44 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1981 by Metal Storm | 13/20 | - |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 4/100 | 19 |
| 2023 | Gallowtree | Top 63 Music Albums of 1981 | 51/63 | 1 |
| 2023 | stevengnz | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 45 |
| 2021 | vruslov | Top 90 Music Albums of 1981 | 46/90 | 3 |
| 2021 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2021 | NHGRANITE | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 45/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 123 | |||
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Earthshaker ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/31/2026 16:00 | cicadelic | 14,138 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2023 14:22 | Fevernova | 3,161 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2023 03:44 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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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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Earthshaker forum mentions
Repo 07/28/2020 15:37 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys Repo 03/16/2020 04:22 in What album are you listening to right now?Earthshaker comments
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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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