Special Beat Service
by The Beat (UK)
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The Beat (UK) bestography
Special Beat Service is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by The Beat (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beat (UK) is I Just Can't Stop It which is ranked number 1962 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 844.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Special Beat Service track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Special Beat Service rankings
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Special Beat Service ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 12/15/2025 06:54 | Sumbody | 1,800 | 76/100 | |
| 11/12/2025 23:48 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 | |
| 08/02/2025 21:24 |  MadhattanJack | 5,647 | 66/100 | |
| 05/09/2025 10:17 | iii25 | 1,298 | 65/100 | |
| 04/27/2025 06:39 | culwin | 1,392 | 75/100 |
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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 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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This has always been one of my favorite ska albums and its top two songs received significant airplay on MTV (I confess / save it for later). Surprised this album isn't ranked higher
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