Happy Families
by Blancmange

Overall rank: 9,119th | 1980s rank: 1,282nd | 1982 rank: 131st
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2026	Rich150	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s	10/100	18
2026	Rich150	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	24/100	77
2026	imacgill	Top 100 Music Albums of 1982	98/100	0
2026	Helios	Top 90 Music Albums of 1982	40/90	3
2026	videoheadcleaner	Top 100 Music Albums of 1982	21/100	4
2025	LadyGodiva	Top 50 Music Albums of 1982	38/50	1
2025	mostlymor	1982 Listening Project (Part Two)	66/100	-
2024	TastyandTemptin	Top 25 Music Albums of 1982	15/25	2
2023	Igtonumama	Top 100 Music Albums of 1982	63/100	2
2021	Steppenwolf666	Record Mirror Albums Of The '80s	72/100	-
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		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		135

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72/100 (from 28 votes)

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60/100 !	02/15/2024 10:36	greatson	1,852	71/100
70/100 !	04/01/2023 20:06	zags7000	20,568	64/100
60/100 !	03/18/2023 08:32	Igtonumama	10,784	63/100

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90/100

From Rich150 03/19/2016 11:39 | #162195 | TOP COMMENT

In the longevity stakes of my music listening this album is in my top five. One of a few albums bought in the early 80's and still listened to regularly today. Doesn't sound dated and has numerous 5* rated tracks on my i-pod. Enjoyable, sometimes eccentric synth-pop, and better still Neil Arthur is still going strong as Blancmange today with three new albums in around a year (2015/16).

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