The Cost Of Loving
by The Style Council
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The Style Council bestography
The Cost Of Loving is ranked 9th best out of 12 albums by The Style Council on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Style Council is Café Bleu which is ranked number 3320 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 457.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Cost Of Loving track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Cost Of Loving rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1987 | 63/97 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | The Style Council - RANKED | 4/8 | - |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Top 15 Music Albums of 1987 | 8/15 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 97 Music Albums of 1987 | 55/97 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 94 Music Albums of 1987 | 84/94 | 1 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 46 Music Albums of 1987 | 40/46 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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The Cost Of Loving ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/01/2026 09:42 | NowhereMan | 1,448 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2025 20:47 | Vinyl | 522 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2025 23:11 | LittleM1971 | 5,972 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2024 23:42 | radioblur | 118 | 68/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2023 02:07 |  zags7000 | 20,552 | 64/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.7/100, a mean average of 63.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Exited about this release, big disappointment. I like waiting and didn't matter the rest are weak and a hard listen at times
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