The Secret Of Association
by Paul Young

The Secret Of Association by Paul Young
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 20,812th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 27 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (237th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,701st)
Award Best albums of all time (20,812th)

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Paul Young bestography

The Secret Of Association is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Paul Young on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Paul Young is No Parlez which is ranked number 13038 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 90.

Paul Young album bestography « Higher ranked (13,038th)
No Parlez
This album (20,812th)
The Secret Of Association
Lower ranked (27,230th) »
From Time To Time: The Singles Collection

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Overall rank: 20,812th | 1980s rank: 2,701st | 1985 rank: 237th

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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 27 votes)
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01/24/2026 00:23 Rivera  Ratings distribution  2,03882/100
 
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03/17/2025 14:48 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,47336/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 68.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.

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From 04/14/2019 14:52 | #234968
Paul Young continued his success that began with his debut and put together another set of soulful music for the masses. He took the Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates) penned tune, "Every Time You Go Away," and brought everything he had to create a classic. His interpretation of "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" was another winner. He proved his chops with "Everything Must Change." A great album.
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