Low Budget
by The Kinks

Low Budget by The Kinks
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 9,810th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 95 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (140th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,427th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,810th)

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Low Budget is ranked 17th best out of 62 albums by The Kinks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Kinks is The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society which is ranked number 148 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,378.

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Low Budget track list

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Low Budget rankings

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Overall rank: 9,810th | 1970s rank: 1,427th | 1979 rank: 140th

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74/100 (from 95 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 12/07/2018 16:32 | #226417
This is cool. For some reason I like Sleepwalker the best of all their late seventies albums.
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Stellar first half with Superman a personal favorite. The second half drags along a little.
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One of many records that my mother either sold at a garage sale or trashed after I moved out. Granted vinyl was "dead" at the time but it still stings. :)
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I would smoke that cigarette from the cover if I could! Great album from a great band!
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
6. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
7. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
8. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
10. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
11. Reggatta De Blanc by The Police
12. Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
14. Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.
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17. Specials by The Specials
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19. Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
20. Setting Sons by The Jam
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