Whenever You Need Somebody
by Rick Astley
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Whenever You Need Somebody is ranked as the best album by Rick Astley.
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Whenever You Need Somebody track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Whenever You Need Somebody rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1987 | 32/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1987 | 28/97 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1987 | 48/52 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1987 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 61 Music Albums of 1987 | 31/61 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1001-1100* | 14/77 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s Pt 4 | 23/59 | - |
| 2026 | Kettwig | JoeFM's Album top 500 (401-500) | 7/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s Pt 3 | 65/100 | - |
| 2025 | Gallowtree | Top 45 Music Albums of 1987 | 13/45 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 39 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 103 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/09/2026 03:30 | juanr1096 | 6,344 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 11:10 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 22:59 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,755 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 54.1/100, a mean average of 51.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 51.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 26.8.
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BestEverAlbums 12/01/2019 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2019View latest topic →
paladisiac 04/14/2016 16:39 in What album are you listening to right now?Whenever You Need Somebody comments
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ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/02/2010 23:51 | #15474
This is hilarious, if you set "Ratings >= 5", "Never gonna give you up" is rated #127 ahead of songs by the Beatles, Stones, Arcade Fire, Nirvana, VU, Neutral Milk Hotel, Slint, Led Zeppelin< Radiohead, Pink Floyd, etc..well you get the picture...I don't hate this song but I didn't know that our members were so into adult contemporary. (Edited)
telefunker 11/04/2009 04:47 | #7021
i met the hoff not so long ago in a hotel swimming pool.. amiable bloke, seemed intoxicated (Edited)
joannajewsom 03/08/2009 02:34 | #2927
Rick Roll is 387 overall? Geez, a handful of people are really hurting the chart.
Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/07/2014 17:33 | #123610
Personally, I think it has strong tracks other than his signature song. The three opening songs are all pretty similar in terms of both quality and style (and that bombastic string intro sounds almost copy-pasted in those three songs, it's quite funny). Noteworthy especially is the crazy syncopation in the title-track's verses and the madly cheesy version of "When I Fall in Love" as album closer. Only a decade like the 1980s could something like this!
Well he's no David Hasselhoff but he's good (Edited)
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