Over The Edge
by Wipers

Over The Edge by Wipers
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 2,903rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 124 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (434th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,903rd)

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Wipers bestography

Over The Edge is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Wipers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wipers is Youth Of America which is ranked number 960 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,803.

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Over The Edge rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,903rd | 1980s rank: 434th | 1983 rank: 38th
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2026JohnnyoTop 69 Music Albums of 198314/694
2026saltysurpriseTop 53 Music Albums of 198325/533
2026UntitledTop 25 Music Albums of 198325/250
2026culwinTop 63 Music Albums of 198340/632
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 501-60092/100 -
2026SkernsTop 76 Music Albums of 198350/762
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1983 by Ultimate Record Collector34/34 -
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19835/1005
2026 JMGL95Top 32 Music Albums of 198328/321
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198387/1001
2026matterhornriderTop 53 Music Albums of 198353/530
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s26/10015
2025 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s39/10012
2025 paladisiac1980s 65rating (62), #001-100*59/96 -
2025 PurplepashTop 37 Music Albums of 198320/372
2025BoxFLTop 43 Music Albums of the 1980s35/434
2025AltsoulTop 100 Greatest Music Albums7/10092
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198376/1001
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 198311/504
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '80's (301 - 400) by U R C100/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 122
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 528
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Over The Edge ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 124 votes)
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80/100
 
02/23/2026 16:14 saltysurprise  Ratings distribution  2,94383/100
 
65/100
 
01/28/2026 12:19 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,67077/100
 
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12/20/2025 17:11 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,92481/100
 
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11/18/2025 05:11 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,70270/100
 
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10/18/2025 16:38 Gendjar  Ratings distribution  4,72356/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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65/100
From 04/05/2024 16:32 | #302872
No..
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80/100
From 07/29/2022 19:44 | #287949
Unbelievably nearly 40 years old now, wow!!! Still sounds fresh. I agree with a previous comment about the below par vocals but the guitar compensates for that slight deficiency. Still a powerful album.
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70/100
From 04/12/2022 19:08 | #284113
It blend the phantomatic sound of When its Over into typical punk structure which should make it the best album of this band in theory but the melodies and vocals took a dive unfortunately. The standout is Doom Town.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 07/27/2020 22:15 | #256316
Some pretty great punk, though I think this kind of music was meant to stay in an EP format, because any more than 20 minutes or so of this is a bit tiring.
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85/100
From 08/23/2017 19:05 | #196630
A post punk gem
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100/100
From 10/13/2012 03:24 | #52221
Just few people heard it, but this album is perfect. It contains a lot of gems of Greg Sage and underground punk.
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1. Murmur by R.E.M.
2. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
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