Perhaps
by The Associates
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The Associates bestography
Perhaps is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by The Associates on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Associates is Sulk which is ranked number 3359 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 452.
(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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Perhaps track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Perhaps rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 25 Music Albums of 1985 | 13/25 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 76 Music Albums of 1985 | 64/76 | 1 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 40 Music Albums of 1985 | 4/40 | 5 |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Top 50 Music Albums of 1985 | 30/50 | 2 |
| 2025 | O.T. | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2024 |  drstuey | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2023 | drstuey | Top 25 Music Albums of 1985 | 5/25 | 4 |
| 2018 | AlienCinema | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2015 |  Secondsoul | Top 57 Music Albums of 1985 | 36/57 | 2 |
| 2014 | Secondsoul | The Top 100 Best Scottish Albums | 81/100 | - |
| 2012 |  lancashirearab | Top 32 Music Albums of 1985 | 29/32 | 1 |
| 2012 | lancashirearab | Best Scottish Albums | 91/100 | - |
| 1985 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1985 | 59/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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Perhaps ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/24/2026 22:03 |  Tamthebam | 23,247 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 22:33 | MadhattanJack | 5,994 | 66/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2024 07:31 | TonySayers61 | 25,317 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2024 06:29 | cicadelic | 13,674 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2023 20:51 | LosWochos | 47,374 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.
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Perhaps comments
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O.T. 08/19/2017 20:26 | #196355
Charismatic loneliness. A book full of hand written drama, left at a table in a bar for Marguerite Duras to find it, but who came and took it? Lord Byrons ghost. I guess the NME reviewer wrote "Perhaps is perhaps perfect" - I don't think music can be perfect, but it says something about the strength of this album. Here and on the A Side of "Sulk" Billy MacKenzie was able to make the best of his super competent theatrical voice in the studio. Wish I'd seen him live at Ronnie Scotts in 1985.
Schampout is where I want to be!
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