Empty Glass
by Pete Townshend

Empty Glass by Pete Townshend
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 3,312th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 159 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (68th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (495th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,312th)

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Empty Glass is ranked as the best album by Pete Townshend.

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Overall rank: 3,312th | 1980s rank: 495th | 1980 rank: 68th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 159 votes)
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65/100
 
4 days ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,11770/100
 
100/100
 
03/13/2026 14:37 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,28082/100
 
70/100
 
03/09/2026 21:57 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,42173/100
 
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02/28/2026 17:46 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:30 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.

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60/100
From 01/11/2024 08:51 | #301075
I do not especially like this.
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From 10/18/2016 05:00 | #177069
Good except for my love which is to much like pop music for me.
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75/100
From 05/22/2016 17:34 | #166645
Highlights: I Am An Animal, Let My Love Open The Door, Gonna Get Ya
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100/100
From 02/22/2011 22:24 | #18673
This is my fav. It has it all, love, pain, strife, anger, joy and hope. It's been a great pleasure to listen to Pete's best and rediscover this periodically throughout my adulthood
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