Waltz Darling
by Malcolm McLaren
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Malcolm McLaren bestography
Waltz Darling is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Malcolm McLaren on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Malcolm McLaren is Duck Rock which is ranked number 9765 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 125.
(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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Waltz Darling track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Waltz Darling rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 52 Music Albums of 1989 | 5/52 | 5 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Celebrity Kitsch | 15/20 | - |
| 2016 | Natnar | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | 1 |
| 2014 | Natnar | Top 77 Music Albums of the 1980s | 28/77 | 13 |
| 2014 | Natnar | Top 10 Music Albums of 1989 | 7/10 | 2 |
| 1989 | The Face | Recordings Of The Year 1989 | 6/20 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 35 | |||
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Waltz Darling ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/12/2025 22:51 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2024 17:20 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,727 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2023 20:17 | TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2018 23:17 | shirley23 | 15 | 95/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2016 09:23 | Leonard | 6,607 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 7.2.
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TheDude85 02/24/2023 20:22 | #294406
Actually the artist is attributed as Malcolm McLaren And The Bootzilla Orchestra. Memmbers of the esteemed collaboration include Bootsy Collins of Funkadelic fame, Jeff Beck of guitar legend status and Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the king himself. It is an interesting affair. McLaren has explored a vast territory in his career and this is another stylistic diversion.
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