Terminal Tower
by Pere Ubu
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Pere Ubu bestography
Terminal Tower is ranked 9th best out of 25 albums by Pere Ubu on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pere Ubu is The Modern Dance which is ranked number 874 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,978.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Terminal Tower track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Terminal Tower 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 |  Liedzeit | Top 29 Music Albums of 1985 | 4/29 | 4 |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 62/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | Compilations Vol. 2 | 6/8 | - |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 96 Music Albums of 1985 | 39/96 | 3 |
| 2025 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 1985 | 13/20 | 2 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 54 Music Albums of 1985 | 43/54 | 1 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1986 | 15/58 | - |
| 2023 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 25/99 | 4 |
| 2021 |  paladisiac | 1985 year, 101-200* | 3/5 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 46 | |||
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Terminal Tower ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/20/2025 11:55 | Liedzeit | 2,509 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2023 11:19 | TonySayers61 | 25,672 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2022 23:23 | LosWochos | 47,530 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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Terminal Tower forum mentions
Liedzeit 12/20/2025 11:37 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Liedzeit 06/29/2018 18:56 in What album are you listening to right now?Terminal Tower comments
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cattlest 09/24/2013 16:17 | #86746
There's a couple songs that are different versions from 'Modern Dance'. Also, 'Final Solution' is a great song.
An excellent companion piece to The Modern Dance.
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