What A Life!
by Divinyls
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What A Life! is ranked as the best album by Divinyls.
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What A Life! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
What A Life! rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | gloveside | Top 30 Music Albums of the 1980s | 21/30 | 7 |
| 2026 |  NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1985... #201-300 | 49/99 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 96 Music Albums of 1985 | 56/96 | 2 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 65 Music Albums of 1985 | 33/65 | 3 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (62), #0501-0600* | 44/86 | - |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 53 Music Albums of 1985 | 25/53 | 3 |
| 2025 |  rambleon80 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | rambleon80 | Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time | 58/100 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1980s 65rating (62), #001-100* | 85/96 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 134 | |||
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What A Life! ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/06/2026 13:11 | OldWiseOne1969 | 160 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2025 22:40 | culwin | 1,624 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/15/2023 07:15 | cicadelic | 14,274 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/22/2018 01:16 | #227601 | TOP COMMENT
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The Divinyls best album period
More like a best of rather than studio album , so many killer tracks: "Pleasure And Pain" , "Don't You Go Walking" , "Good Die Young" , "Sleeping Beauty" , "Heart Telegraph"
And to think the album was a difficult conception with the band going through multiple producers and multiple false starts is staggering
Simply awesome and timeless
Not only is this their best album its one THE great Australian albums
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