Sugar Tax
by OMD
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OMD bestography
Sugar Tax is ranked 7th best out of 21 albums by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is Architecture & Morality which is ranked number 1635 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,048.
(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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Sugar Tax track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sugar Tax rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1991 | 21/90 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 72 Music Albums of 1991 | 49/72 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Igtonumama | Top 99 Music Albums of 1991 | 85/99 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (62), #0001-0100* | 16/98 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1990s 65rating (62-61.82), #001-100* | 5/83 | - |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  zwiebel | Top 80 Music Albums of 1991 | 70/80 | 1 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 85/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 52 | |||
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Sugar Tax ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/30/2025 17:54 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2024 18:46 | TonySayers61 | 25,595 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2024 05:42 | LammyTS1 | 1,086 | 59/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 03/06/2026 09:46 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) paladisiac 11/14/2018 14:10 in What album are you listening to right now?
NoisyBeast 05/25/2018 15:53 in What album are you listening to right now?Sugar Tax comments
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ExTeaSea 09/14/2018 19:14 | #221062
Really good for an OMD album in the 90s.
Eastwood 12/21/2014 11:37 | #129777
Very good dance-pop/synth-pop album. Best 10 songs average is 90,3/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best songs are "Sailing on the seven seas", "Pandora's box" and "Call my name" all 95/100, followed by "Speed of light" 90/100. All (!!) other songs good 80-85/100.
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