Strange Charm (studio album)
by Gary Numan
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Gary Numan bestography
Strange Charm is ranked 19th best out of 72 albums by Gary Numan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gary Numan is The Pleasure Principle which is ranked number 1469 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,153.
(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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Strange Charm track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (1 out of 8 tracks have been rated).
Strange Charm rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 60/99 | 2 |
| 2025 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 11 Music Albums of 1986 | 4/11 | 4 |
| 2025 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2024 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2017 |  Captain_Dude | RANKED: GARY NUMAN | 15/19 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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Strange Charm ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Leginlists | 470 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2025 14:41 | RemainInLight | 3,142 | 36/100 |
| ! | 08/01/2025 05:14 |  zags7000 | 20,396 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2024 03:33 | dhbarrett | 8,137 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/27/2021 03:56 | Helios | 5,851 | 70/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 63.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.4.
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A very underrated album! It seems to be a bit of a forgotten album (along with Berserker) in Numan's discography but there are some great moments on here. The opening track, 'My Breathing' is moody and fantastic, a great opener. A little different to Numan's earlier electronic music (and later industrial music) with a lot of female backing vocals and sax used throughout the album, in my eyes a testament that he can turn his hand to different styles and genres. Other highlights for me include 'New Thing From London Town', 'I Can't Stop' and the title track.
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