Blank Generation
by Richard Hell & The Voidoids
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Blank Generation is ranked as the best album by Richard Hell & The Voidoids.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2026 18:16 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 07:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,428 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2025 09:05 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,396 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2025 00:51 | culwin | 1,552 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2025 20:31 | Elauqsapid | 2,720 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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Jboy56 09/11/2023 09:42 | #299069
I¨ll give it an okay, but when I was 21 this music went just by did not affect me then and less now, despite definite meaning to the punk scene.
Superb guitar work..
Album Rating: 75.90
(759/10)
1.Love Comes In Spurts. 72
2.Liars Beware. 71
3.New Pleasure. 69
4.Betrayal Takes Two. 78
5.Down At The Rock And Roll Club (Alternate Version). 78
6.Who Says? 70
7.Blank Generation. 92
8.Walking On The Water. 86
9.The Plan. 76
10.Another World. 68
"Who says it's good good good to be alive? Same ones who keep it a perpetual jive."
That is a GREAT lyric, I just have to point out. Man, I love that line. There's a bunch of gems like that in here, the songwriting is fantastic, and then of course the virtuosity of both Hell and Quine as performers. I used to play the crap out of this when I was in college, and it still stands up today. Disagree with the reviewer back in 2009 who said this is "far better" than Bollocks; there's room for more than one punk masterpiece, and they're very different types of things. But it's true this one never seems to have gotten its due as what it is--one of the greatest albums of the late 70s. (Edited)
Brandon8 03/20/2015 22:02 | #137403
The musicianship on this album is terrific and Richard Hell made a statement this should be much higher due to its lasting impact. If I was to make a Punk top five this would definitely be in it along with the Ramones, London Calling, Pink Flag and Never Mind the Bollocks.
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tgarritsen 12/23/2013 03:37 | #98511
Extremely underrated album. The true sound of punk in my eyes.
drakonium 04/04/2013 20:17 | #71391 | TOP COMMENT
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So refreshing! I haven't been blown away like that by a first listen since quite some time! I will give that a few more listens, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it land in my top 50! Really incredible, super fun punk. Wow.
lancashirearab 06/23/2012 06:57 | #45118 | TOP COMMENT
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Robert Quine's guitar is just unbelievable. I love this album.
This is a great album to pump yourself up for a night on the town. Richard Hell left Television to make this album. Imagine the punk masterpiece that Tom Verlaine's guitar and Richard Hell's enthusiasm could have created!
Definatley a punk pioneering album. Far better than never mind the bollocks but that album gets all the attention. This is a must have for any punk fan.
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