Drastic Plastic
by Be-Bop Deluxe

Drastic Plastic by Be-Bop Deluxe
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 11,788th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 29 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (172nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,654th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,788th)

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Be-Bop Deluxe bestography

Drastic Plastic is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Be-Bop Deluxe on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Be-Bop Deluxe is Modern Music which is ranked number 5807 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 230.

Be-Bop Deluxe album bestography « Higher ranked (7,283rd)
Sunburst Finish
This album (11,788th)
Drastic Plastic
Lower ranked (24,189th) »
Axe Victim

(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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Drastic Plastic rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,788th | 1970s rank: 1,654th | 1978 rank: 172nd

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Drastic Plastic ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 29 votes)
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65/100
 
01/21/2026 13:53 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69670/100
 
75/100
 
11/23/2025 22:52 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,62865/100
 
65/100
 
03/05/2025 15:01 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00569/100
 
70/100
 
11/27/2024 04:53 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100
 
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10/10/2022 20:18 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,76364/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 67.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.

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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Van Halen by Van Halen
6. Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk
7. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
8. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
9. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
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12. Hemispheres by Rush
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18. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
19. Real Life by Magazine
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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