Twang Bar King
by Adrian Belew
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Adrian Belew bestography
Twang Bar King is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Adrian Belew on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Adrian Belew is Lone Rhino which is ranked number 13775 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 85.
(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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Twang Bar King track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Twang Bar King 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 |  ExTeaSea | Top 75 Music Albums of 1983 | 38/75 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 1983 | 39/77 | 3 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 60 Music Albums of 1983 | 46/60 | 1 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 53 Music Albums of 1983 | 27/53 | 3 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 81 Music Albums of 1983 | 52/81 | 2 |
| 2024 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 75/99 | 1 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Top 20 Adrian Belew fronted Albums - Goldmine Mag | 5/20 | - |
| 2023 | RVRO | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 4/40 | 59 |
| 2021 | emptysquares | Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 | 12/20 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 76 | |||
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Twang Bar King ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/14/2023 21:46 | TonySayers61 | 25,722 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2023 16:27 | RVRO | 525 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2023 03:06 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.
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This is the Adrian Belew album to get if you want to be entertained for a full 40 odd minutes. There isn't a weak moment on it and it is pure joy from the opening line of The Beatles cover 'I'm Down' to the end of the beautiful 'Ballet for a Blue Whale'.
One of Belew's best solo albums. Download The Rail Song, a really beautiful coming of age song with great train noises from Belew's guitar.
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