The Birthday Party
by The Boys Next Door

The Birthday Party by The Boys Next Door
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 14,088th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 31 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (207th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,921st)
Award Best albums of all time (14,088th)

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The Boys Next Door bestography

The Birthday Party is ranked 5th best out of 12 albums by The Birthday Party on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Birthday Party is Junkyard which is ranked number 4205 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 339.

The Boys Next Door album bestography « Higher ranked (10,928th)
Mutiny / The Bad Seed E.P.
This album (14,088th)
The Birthday Party
Lower ranked (14,555th) »
Live 81-82

(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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The Birthday Party rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,088th | 1980s rank: 1,921st | 1980 rank: 207th
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2026JohnnyoTop 93 Music Albums of 198083/931
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s48/10011
2025 craolaTop 20 Music Albums of 198013/202
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198057/1002
2025 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of 198054/1002
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198086/1001
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 90 Music Albums of 198056/902
2025vruslovTop 97 Music Albums of 198063/972
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 198058/1002
2025 idioticanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s95/1001
2025 DankelTop 50 Music Albums of 198046/501
2024 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 198083/1001
2024mikepenTop 51 Music Albums of 198051/510
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 198043/1003
2024JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198089/1001
2023 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 198099/1000
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 198031/1004
2023cronadigallinaTop 98 Music Albums of 198089/981
2023 Xxnu99etxXTop 38 Music Albums of 198020/383
2023 Xxnu99etxXThe Birthday Party (& Related) Discography Ranked (WIP)15/17 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 35
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 81
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The Birthday Party ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 31 votes)
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11/12/2025 20:41 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
80/100
 
06/17/2025 21:22 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100
 
60/100
 
04/27/2025 21:56 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
85/100
 
02/04/2025 05:19 DriftingOrpheus  Ratings distribution  72181/100
 
70/100
 
03/22/2024 11:04 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,38869/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.

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