Special Beat Service
by The Beat (UK)

Album
Special Beat Service by The Beat (UK)
Year: 1982
Release date: 1982-10-01
Overall rank: 5,755th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 58 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (92nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (817th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,755th)

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The Beat (UK) bestography

Special Beat Service is ranked 2nd best out of 7 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 2046 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 822.

The Beat (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (2,046th)
I Just Can't Stop It This album (5,755th)
Special Beat Service Lower ranked (21,268th) »
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Special Beat Service rankings

Special Beat Service rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,755th | 1980s rank: 817th | 1982 rank: 92nd  Overall chart history
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Special Beat Service ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 58 votes)
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 !		07/28/2026 23:18 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,68970/100
 
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 !		12/15/2025 06:54 Sumbody  Ratings distribution  1,91675/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.


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Special Beat Service forum mentions

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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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Best Albums of  1982
1. Thriller by Michael Jackson
2. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
3. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
4. Pornography by The Cure
5. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
6. 1999 by Prince
7. Avalon by Roxy Music
8. Rio by Duran Duran
9. Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
10. The Nightfly by Donald Fagen