Night Time
by Killing Joke

Night Time by Killing Joke
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 2,693rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 137 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (34th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (405th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,693rd)

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Killing Joke bestography

Night Time is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by Killing Joke on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Killing Joke is Killing Joke which is ranked number 2220 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 729.

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Killing Joke
This album (2,693rd)
Night Time
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Night Time track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Night Time rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,693rd | 1980s rank: 405th | 1985 rank: 34th
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2026 MadhattanJackTop 75 Music Albums of 198519/754
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 20th Century72/100 -
2026 RomanelliTop 38 Music Albums of 198518/383
2026 jeremy9Top 51 Music Albums of 198541/511
2026wizardalienTop 68 Music Albums of the 1980s15/6816
2026 WasinskiTop 90 Music Albums of 198567/901
2026UntitledTop 25 Music Albums of 198524/250
2026matterhornriderTop 65 Music Albums of 198515/654
2026joathomeTop 35 Music Albums of 198534/350
2026saltysurpriseTop 54 Music Albums of 19854/545
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)95/100 -
2026 Patman360Top 71 Music Albums of 198552/711
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 901-100054/100 -
2025 foxytreekoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s15/10017
2025mikepenTop 53 Music Albums of 19852/535
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (61), #0101-0200*20/95 -
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198523/1004
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s10/10018
2025PapaShiz86Top 50 Music Albums of 198539/501
2025JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 198588/1001
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 114
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 580
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Night Time ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 137 votes)
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65/100
 
01/29/2026 12:32 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,67077/100
 
55/100
 
01/25/2026 23:21 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  79547/100
 
60/100
 
12/07/2025 18:47 willtoshower  Ratings distribution  1,54372/100
 
70/100
 
11/18/2025 06:06 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69970/100
 
60/100
 
11/13/2025 10:37 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,36169/100

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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 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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70/100
From 08/26/2024 09:19 | #304979
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55/100
From 09/03/2023 16:25 | #298956
Love Like Blood and Eighties are great. The rest of the tracks are solid, my only criticism is a lot of the tracks are very similar. Good album, surprised this album is ranked so low.
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90/100
From 12/22/2012 16:56 | #58588
Excellent album. Highlight is the monumental Love Like Blood
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/08/2010 00:39 | #14142
I have to agree that lyrically, "Come As You Are" is a stronger result than "Eighties". This didn't prevent me from enjoying this album.
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80/100
From 08/07/2010 22:46 | #14140
I'm suprised that I'm the first to rate this, considering the "Eighties/Come As You Are" debacle. In any case, this whole album is the epitome of cool. It's legit. You guys need to go to more goth clubs.
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