Perspex Island
by Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians
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Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians bestography
Perspex Island is ranked 7th best out of 35 albums by Robyn Hitchcock on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Robyn Hitchcock is Element Of Light which is ranked number 6255 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 214.
(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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Perspex Island track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Perspex Island rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1990s | 68/91 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrfloosak | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 95 Music Albums of 1991 | 58/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 62 Music Albums of 1991 | 3/62 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top Albums Of 1991 (101 - 200) | 7/29 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1301-1400 | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 4/69 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Igtonumama | Top 99 Music Albums of 1991 | 99/99 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 63 | |||
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Perspex Island ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/30/2025 17:42 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2024 18:33 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2024 21:35 | dhbarrett | 8,883 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Tha1ChiefRocka 01/11/2018 00:40 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys Romanelli 09/21/2013 19:48 in What album are you listening to right now?Perspex Island comments
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Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/11/2018 02:23 | #205246
‘91:5 Indie Pop Eccentric Vies For The Big Leagues
Hitchcock vies for the Alt Rock mainstream with his most acessiblle record yet and … just misses. This is a good/great (solid B ) album that won’t disappoint but misses the eccentric oddball charms that makes Hitchcock ... well, Robyn Hitcock. That dose of madness that makes so many of his albums (like Globe of Frogs) Great/Essential. If there's no one else like you, don't try to be like anyone else! Recommended regardless. Solid Indie pop nuggets that really only the likes that my boy Robyn can deliver. Grade: B
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/23/2018 10:39 | #220031
I'm a sucker for jangling pop and this album delivers in spades
Recorded in LA and Athens GA the album unsurprisingly features Hitchcock fans R.E.M's Peter Buck on guest guitar and Micheal Stipe guesting vocals on the track "She Does't Exist"
I really enjoyed this album
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