25 O'Clock
by The Dukes Of Stratosphear

Album
25 O'Clock by The Dukes Of Stratosphear
Year: 1985
Release date: 1985-04-01
Overall rank: 4,632nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 77 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (61st)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (670th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,632nd)

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The Dukes Of Stratosphear bestography

25 O'Clock is ranked 9th best out of 30 albums by XTC on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by XTC is Skylarking which is ranked number 370 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,453.

The Dukes Of Stratosphear album bestography « Higher ranked (3,819th)
White Music This album (4,632nd)
25 O'Clock Lower ranked (4,752nd) »
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25 O'Clock rankings

25 O'Clock rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,632nd | 1980s rank: 670th | 1985 rank: 61st  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 77 votes)
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 !		09/24/2026 14:02 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,33469/100
 
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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 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.


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25 O'Clock forum mentions

This album has been referenced 9 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 07/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5389): By Rich150
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1982) 2. by (1995) 3. by by (1998) 5. (1972) 6. by (1986) 8. by (1984) 10. by (1979) 11. by (1985) 13. by (1967) 14. by (2010) 15. by (2004) 17. by by (1985) 19. by by (1984) 21. by (1984) 22. by by by by (2005) 27. by (1984) 28. by…”
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From dihansse 08/07/2021 20:35 in My discoveries per year
“Two albums of 1987 (and one of 1985) I listened to: An album I already own: Suzanne Vega was one of the best female artists of the eighties and this is one of her best. The little miniature Tom's Diner is maybe to some ears a but too much of a miniature to be really good but to me this is…”
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From 02/08/2016 14:30 | #159074 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I really wish I liked this record more. The production is so heavy and gets in the way of the material. I appreciate the effort though.
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From 04/15/2016 21:21 | #163880 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
An affectionate parody of late 60's British psychedelica, sounding at times like Mighty Baby, Eclection and the Beatles! But quite fun to listen to nevertheless.
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