Time
by Electric Light Orchestra

Time by Electric Light Orchestra
Year: 1981
Release date: 1981-07-31
Overall rank: 750th

Average Rating:

76/100 (from 403 votes)

Accolades:

Top 10 albums of 1981 (6th)

Top albums of of the 1980s (110th)

Top 1,000 albums of all time (750th)

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Electric Light Orchestra bestography

Time is ranked 3rd best out of 42 albums by Electric Light Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Electric Light Orchestra is Out Of The Blue which is ranked number 534 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,241.

Electric Light Orchestra album bestography « Higher ranked (561st)
A New World Record This album (750th)
Time Lower ranked (1,256th) »
Eldorado, A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra

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Time track list

The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Prologue

Average Rating: 76 (97 votes)Comments: 2

Twilight

Average Rating: 86 (138 votes)Comments: 0

Yours Truly, 2095

Average Rating: 83 (114 votes)Comments: 1

Ticket To The Moon

Average Rating: 84 (115 votes)Comments: 0

The Way Life's Meant To Be

Average Rating: 82 (106 votes)Comments: 2

Another Heart Breaks

Average Rating: 78 (96 votes)Comments: 1

Rain Is Falling

Average Rating: 81 (97 votes)Comments: 1

From The End Of The World

Average Rating: 80 (99 votes)Comments: 2

The Lights Go Down

Average Rating: 79 (94 votes)Comments: 0

10.

Here Is The News

Average Rating: 80 (99 votes)Comments: 0

11.

21st Century Man

Average Rating: 79 (98 votes)Comments: 1

12.

Hold On Tight

Average Rating: 81 (112 votes)Comments: 3

13.

Epilogue

Average Rating: 76 (85 votes)Comments: 1

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Time rankings

Time rankings summary

Overall rank: 750th | 1980s rank: 110th | 1981 rank: 6th
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings).(Last updated: 2 hours ago)

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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	NowhereMan	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	1/100	20
2026	leniad	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	28/100	15
2026	Rhyner	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	63/100	8
2026	JMGL95	Top 31 Music Albums of 1981	5/31	4
2026	tim0505	Top 35 Music Albums of 1981	1/35	5
2026	dihansse	Top 56 Music Albums of 1981	53/56	0
2026	mikepen	Top 100 Music Albums of 1981	23/100	4
2026	lanadeleswift	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	37/100	13
2026	Jasonconfused	Top 91 Greatest Music Albums	50/91	46
2026	Rm12398	Top 20 Music Albums of 1981	18/20	1
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		289
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		2,301

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Time ratings

Average Rating:

76/100 (from 403 votes)

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85/100 !	09/07/2026 23:55	slatsheit	2,060	81/100
80/100 !	07/12/2026 19:32	liquidbottle	775	82/100
50/100 !	05/14/2026 09:08	Pavloss	488	50/100

Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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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 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.

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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 62 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.

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BestEverAlbums 35 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by flamingyesdept () 1. by (1980) 2. by (1986) 3. by (1985) 4. by (1984) 6. by (1983) 8. by (1985) 9. (1986) 10. by (1988) 11. (1980) 12. by (1988) 13. (1984) 14. by (1982) 15. by by by (1989) 18. (1980) 19. (1989) 20. by (1985) 22. by…”

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BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by ExTeaSea () 1. by by (1982) 3. by (1980) 4. (1981) 5. by (1981) 6. by by (1981) 8. by (1980) 9. by by (1985) 11. by (1983) 12. by (1987) 13. by (1986) 15. by (1988) 16. (1986) 17. by by (1982) 20. (1982) 21. by by by by by (1981) 27. by…”

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BestEverAlbums 08/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5400): By BLO

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1970) 2. by (1969) 3. by (1969) 4. by (1976) 5. (1970) 6. by (1974) 7. by (1984) 8. by (1970) 9. by (1966) 10. by (1971) 11. by by (1970) 13. by (1969) 14. (1973) 15. by (2003) 16. by (1968) 17. by (2011) 18. by (2019) 19. (1979)…”

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Time comments

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Rating:

100/100

From solunastra 08/09/2025 11:41 | #310486

For my opinion Time is:
1. The Best album of 1981
2. The Best album of 1980's
3. The Best album since The Beatles Abbey Road till today
4. The Best concept album of all time
5. Album which contains all great songs
6. One of the best 5 albums of all time (Edited)

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85/100

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lleon79 03/23/2024 18:29 | #302641

Why is this rated so low? So, so good. (Edited)

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70/100

From Rugon 03/17/2023 18:05 | #295124

Not a bad album but better than On the Third Day, Eldorado or Face the Music? not a chance, ranked way to high.

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85/100

From xdavijonesx 09/07/2022 01:12 | #289462

Great

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Rating:

80/100

From mv3k 09/03/2022 13:56 | #289230

I like the sci-fi theme of this album and it shows transition of the ELO to the 80s sound. There are some weak tracks, but most of them are good.

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