Music For The Knee Plays
by David Byrne
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David Byrne bestography
Music For The Knee Plays is ranked 10th best out of 17 albums by David Byrne on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by David Byrne is American Utopia which is ranked number 6458 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 206.
(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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Music For The Knee Plays track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Music For The Knee Plays rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 12 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 54 Music Albums of 1985 | 4/54 | 5 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2024 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 69 Music Albums of 1985 | 15/69 | 4 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1985 | 39/49 | - |
| 2020 | MARTINBORS | Top 38 Music Albums of 1985 | 36/38 | 0 |
| 2019 |  OneFineDay | Top 26 Greatest Music Albums | 19/26 | 8 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 82 Music Albums of the 1980s | 82/82 | 0 |
| 1985 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1985 | 62/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/17/2025 15:40 | RemainInLight | 3,843 | 36/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2024 18:49 | TonySayers61 | 26,019 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 04:28 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | 1,131 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.0/100, a mean average of 63.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.8.
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