Goodbye Jumbo
by World Party
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Goodbye Jumbo is ranked as the best album by World Party.
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Goodbye Jumbo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Goodbye Jumbo rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1801-1900* | 32/79 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 27 Music Albums of 1990 | 16/27 | 2 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 27 Music Albums of 1990 | 3/27 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1990 | 48/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1990 | 46/89 | 2 |
| 2026 | philschmil | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 15/40 | 61 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '90's (101 - 200) | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vox Magazine Best Albums Of 1990 | 4/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 100 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 303 | |||
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Goodbye Jumbo ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/28/2026 01:35 | Proto | 4,353 | 33/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2026 21:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,241 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2026 10:38 |  Tamthebam | 23,329 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Goodbye Jumbo forum mentions
neilgee 06/18/2026 05:06 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Goodbye Jumbo comments
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Goliath 11/06/2018 17:03 | #223978 | TOP COMMENT
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Underrated, this is better than a 53rd place in 1990. (Edited)
~SMiLE~ 03/13/2012 22:47 | #38283 | TOP COMMENT
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Airy and delightful. This album deals with issues from the environment to relationship troubles while it manages to maintain an optimistic outlook. It is difficult to keep track of all the styles cleverly woven into "Goodbye Jumbo". Merging streams of pop, rock, soul, dance and folk. It's Beatlesque without being derivative. It's jammed pack with awesome songs from start to finish.
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/04/2013 00:51 | #59977 | TOP COMMENT
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Way Down Now and Message in the Box showed a band with an original sound and the whole thing also helps prove how great the Waterboys were on This is the Sea.
Ex Waterboy Karl Wallinger puts together a terrific sophomore effort here with World Party. If your a fan of Beatlesque pop this album is worth your time. LOVE this album!
Not stunning, but a solid pop album full of enjoyable songs with, put the message in the box, the obvious standout. Decent stuff.
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