Waiting
by Fun Boy Three
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Fun Boy Three bestography
Waiting is ranked as the best album by Fun Boy Three.
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Waiting track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Waiting 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 | Musicbuff123 | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 8/50 | 17 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1983 | 44/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1983 by Ultimate Record Collector | 14/34 | - |
| 2026 | Musicbuff123 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 12/100 | 88 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 78/99 | 1 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1983 Listening Project (Part 1) | 16/100 | - |
| 2025 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 68/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 168 | |||
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Waiting ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/22/2024 18:42 | Musicbuff123 | 386 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2024 21:05 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2023 23:53 | matterhornrider | 5,178 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.9.
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The better and more musical of the two FB3 albums with the superb Our Lips Are Sealed the best of a number of decent tracks.
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