Live 81-82
by The Birthday Party
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The Birthday Party bestography
Live 81-82 is ranked 6th best out of 12 albums by The Birthday Party on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Birthday Party is Junkyard which is ranked number 3654 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 408.
(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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Live 81-82 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Live 81-82 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 85 Music Albums of 1999 | 41/85 | 3 |
| 2024 | RioBravo | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 15/100 | 65 |
| 2023 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 70 Music Albums of 1999 | 22/70 | 4 |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Post-punk (plus some gothic rock and no wave) | 55/100 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | The Birthday Party (& Related) Discography Ranked (WIP) | 8/17 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2022 | martintho | Top 37 Music Albums of 1999 | 32/37 | 1 |
| 2019 |  badseed | Nick Cave Albums Ranked | 5/34 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 75 | |||
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Live 81-82 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/21/2025 11:48 | videoheadcleaner | 12,359 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2024 10:33 | Moondance | 20,819 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2024 22:39 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.
Live 81-82 forum mentions
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NoisyBeast 11/16/2021 20:14 in What album are you listening to right now?Live 81-82 comments
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That voice is worthy of inciting the rapture. Their studio albums were very very very good, but this is the best way to experience the Birthday Party, preferably in the dark with blasting headphones, always.
Cymro2011
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