What Time Is It?
by The Time

What Time Is It? by The Time
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 8,920th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 30 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1982 (132nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,276th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,920th)

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Overall rank: 8,920th | 1980s rank: 1,276th | 1982 rank: 132nd

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76/100 (from 30 votes)
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10/22/2025 22:54 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
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10/25/2024 19:11 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,40669/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.

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From 01/31/2019 11:59 | #231055
released a few months before, "what time is it?" is sure to make a great back-to-back with Prince's "1999". it's a shame that this record has been slightly neglected though, as it's quality synth funk.
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Classic funk from Princes group
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