Outlandos D'Amour
by The Police
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Outlandos D'Amour is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by The Police on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Police is Synchronicity which is ranked number 298 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,463.
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Outlandos D'Amour track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Outlandos D'Amour rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1978 | 6/30 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1978 | 1/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1970s | 11/60 | 17 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 21 Music Albums of 1978 | 5/21 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1978 | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 20 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 462 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,288 | |||
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Outlandos D'Amour ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 21:34 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 08:49 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2026 13:56 | Devilwoac | 1,530 | 97/100 |
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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 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
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Outlandos D'Amour forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5461): By steve397View latest topic →
pedro1976 04/03/2026 08:42 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 12/20/2025 21:00 in Album of the day (#5480): Outlandos D'AmourView latest topic →
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One of the great British debut albums of the seventies. Outlandos d'amour is a wonderful new wave/punk record with hints of reggae and rock. It features some of The Police's best songs. Roxanne, is of course superb, one of the great all time singles, along with, so lonely, and, can't stand losing you. Off the lesser known tracks, next to you, hole in my life, peanuts, and, truth hits everybody, are the best ones. The blow up doll fetish, be my girl, is okay, but probably the weakest moment here. All in all, a great LP, ful of energy and grit. Excellent.
An outstanding debut album full of fresh sound and energy.
The Police is not a band that I like to listen much but I recognize their talent.
Can't help to point out how the spoken part of "Be my girl - Sally" almost blows the unity and flow of the album.
A phenomenal debut effort, on par with other debuts such as "My Generation" by The Who. It really works as an album, there are no bad tracks, and there are more than a few excellent ones.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/23/2012 19:52 | #42934 | TOP COMMENT
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If you were a girl named Roxanne, you probably became tired of that song quick. The Police subtly melded reggae into their music as on that hit and across this album.
swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/14/2014 19:21 | #124509 | TOP COMMENT
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Born out of the tail end of the British punk scene, this debut album by the Police is a severely underrated offering. Sting gives us a hint of his great lyric-writing abilities.
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