Declaration
by The Alarm
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Declaration is ranked as the best album by The Alarm.
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Declaration track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Declaration rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1984 | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 | Steinerik | Top 15 Greatest Music Albums | 14/15 | 13 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 1984 | 78/84 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1984 | 71/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 99 Music Albums of 1984 | 57/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 78 Music Albums of 1984 | 16/78 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1984 | 50/91 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 55/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 38 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 143 | |||
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Declaration ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Steinerik | 12 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2025 13:46 | markl73 | 637 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2024 00:03 | LittleM1971 | 6,003 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.2/100, a mean average of 68.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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neilgee 02/09/2026 15:32 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 08/09/2023 14:56 in What album are you listening to right now?Declaration comments
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As a seventeen year old I was impacted by the bombast and sonic power on show. My stereo struggling to cope with the loudness of the record, presumably set with the intent to blow your amp. Great tracks include where were you hiding when the storm broke, the lovely tell me and the stand out deceiver, a track of a victim of infidelity with a palpable hate exuding with every word. They never got close to this effort in my view. (Edited)
In these days, The Alarm were well known as the uplifted Clash. But after all those years it's a classic storm of pistol rock songs from Wales. Funny, but Karl Wallinger of the Waterboys was once a member of this band. Besides Big Country the most succesfull band of the mid eighties in the UK.
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