Hello Cruel World
by Tall Dwarfs

Overall rank: 11,125th | 1980s rank: 1,534th | 1987 rank: 136th
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2026	imacgill	Top 100 Music Albums of 1987	54/100	2
2026	videoheadcleaner	New Zealand's Top 100 Albums of All Time	61/97	-
2026	cicadelic	Top 100 Music Albums of 1987	37/100	3
2026	Norman Bates	Top 100 Music Albums of 1987	33/100	3
2026	arthurbittencourt	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	97/100	4
2026	arthurbittencourt	Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s	11/99	18
2026	Repo	Micro-Genres: Kiwi Rock	1/1	-
2025	cronadigallina	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	89/100	2
2025	Igtonumama	Top 100 Music Albums of 1987	55/100	2
2024	ENT	Top 40 Greatest Music Albums	25/40	31
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		22
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		108

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74/100 (from 19 votes)

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60/100 !	08/03/2024 19:58	EyeKanFly	9,059	65/100
60/100 !	08/01/2024 07:58	TonySayers61	26,077	64/100
90/100 !	06/06/2023 14:39	MarquisMarc	987	78/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.

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BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourt

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1980) 2. by by (1967) 4. by (1970) 5. by (1996) 6. by (2004) 7. (2025) 9. by (1978) 10. by (1990) 11. by (1979) 12. (2010) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1968) 15. by (1967) 16. by by by (1965) 19. by by (1969) 21. by by by (1983) 24. by…”

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Norman Bates 02/07/2015 08:24 in What album are you listening to right now?

“:love:”

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