The Riddle (studio album) by Nik Kershaw
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The Riddle is ranked as the best album by Nik Kershaw.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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85/100  | 09/01/2025 06:49 | LammyTS1 | | 59/100 |
75/100 | 02/26/2024 07:04 |  PAPPITUFO | | 76/100 |
65/100 | 10/19/2023 18:02 | LittleM1971 | | 81/100 |
40/100 | 07/22/2023 23:08 |  sssvnnn | | 67/100 |
80/100 | 04/19/2023 12:56 |  RevolverCB72 | | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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His follow up to the debut album, just 9 months later on in 1984, features another three top 10 hits, "The Riddle"(3), "Wide Boy"(9) and "Don Quixote"(10).
Although the hits are the pinnacle, especially Don Quixote and The Riddle, the rest of the songs smooth effertlessly through from start to finish. No filler tracks here.
A great eighties album which still sounds fresh to me today. Good flow from start to finish. 'The Riddle' and 'You Might' shine through as favourites for me. I remember seeeing Nik Kershaw at the Cornwall Coliseum in the eighties and was so impressed when he moved from keyboards to guitar to drums with ease. I put The Riddle slightly behind Human Racing.
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