Red Mecca
by Cabaret Voltaire

Red Mecca by Cabaret Voltaire
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 10,683rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 67 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (166th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,495th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,683rd)

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Cabaret Voltaire bestography

Red Mecca is ranked 3rd best out of 28 albums by Cabaret Voltaire on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cabaret Voltaire is The Crackdown which is ranked number 7799 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 111.

Cabaret Voltaire album bestography « Higher ranked (10,464th)
The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord
This album (10,683rd)
Red Mecca
Lower ranked (19,273rd) »
Mix-Up

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,683rd | 1980s rank: 1,495th | 1981 rank: 166th

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70/100 (from 67 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.

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From 03/29/2014 10:26 | #107964
a difficult album full of hynotic, eerie an complex music. i couldn't listen to it casually. therefore it may be meaningful and profound but also topheavy and unsympathetic.
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From 06/27/2009 23:19 | #4940
A little NEU!, a little Wire and a dose of Joy Division's darkness, this album is a very good surprise!
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