Modern Music
by Be-Bop Deluxe
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Be-Bop Deluxe bestography
Modern Music is ranked as the best album by Be-Bop Deluxe.
(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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Modern Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Modern Music 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 |  Patman360 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1976 | 65/88 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 54 Music Albums of 1976 | 25/54 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 21/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | Fast 'n' Bulbous | Best Albums 1976 | 35/98 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 38 Music Albums of 1976 | 26/38 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 68 Music Albums of 1976 | 68/68 | 0 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (61), #0001-0100* | 57/80 | - |
| 2025 | hahol | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 22 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 219 | |||
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Modern Music ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/03/2026 08:08 | Pluto11 | 12,260 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 05:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,585 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 22:52 | MadhattanJack | 6,005 | 66/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.3.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 11/05/2019 13:30 in What album are you listening to right now? neilgee 11/04/2019 18:25 in What album are you listening to right now? neilgee 06/17/2018 18:19 in What album are you listening to right now?Modern Music comments
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Anyone who doesn't realize how good this album is...well, that's a shame. Of all the great Bebop Deluxe albums, this one is the most cohesive musically and thematically. The guitar work, band, songwriting and lyrics are simply fantastic. Another psychedelic masterpiece.
Guitar virtuoso Bill Nelson and his band Be Bop Deluxe was one of the most exciting acts that emerged in Britain in the middle of the glam rock period of the early 1970s. Stylistically, the group is clearly related to both David Bowie and Cockney Rebel.
In 1976 the group's absolute masterpiece, "Modern Music" was released. This album is definitely the most melodic, with more songs tied together in shorter suites. The album contains no less than fifteen songs which are generally of shorter length than usual. Most of the music is of such high quality that the tracks can easily stand alone outside the context of the album. A lot of songs could be brought forward here. Tracks like "Orphans of Babylon," "Kiss of Light", "Gold at the End of the Rainbow," "Modern Music", "Make the Music Magic," "Forbidden Lovers" and "Down to Terminal Street" are all titles that stand out in the Be Bop Deluxe song catalogue.
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