Democracy
by Killing Joke

Democracy by Killing Joke
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 28,564th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 16 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (503rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (4,347th)
Award Best albums of all time (28,564th)

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Democracy is ranked 12th best out of 32 albums by Killing Joke on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Killing Joke is Killing Joke which is ranked number 2234 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 733.

Killing Joke album bestography « Higher ranked (27,834th)
Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell
This album (28,564th)
Democracy
Lower ranked (28,591st) »
Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Democracy rankings summary
Overall rank: 28,564th | 1990s rank: 4,347th | 1996 rank: 503rd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 16 votes)
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06/09/2022 18:03 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,34875/100

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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 75.5/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.


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From 10/05/2014 14:13 | #123381
Unfortunately, I couldn't get into this album. Extremities and Pandemonium were amazing, but this album comes off as dull and uninspired in comparison.

EDIT: Upon a second listen, I actually like it more than I used to, it's definitely not the best Killing Joke album (that award goes to "Night Time") but is nowhere near their worst.
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