Goodbye Jumbo
by World Party

Goodbye Jumbo by World Party
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-04-24
Overall rank: 4,656th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 96 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (65th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (769th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,656th)

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Goodbye Jumbo is ranked as the best album by World Party.

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Goodbye Jumbo
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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,656th | 1990s rank: 769th | 1990 rank: 65th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 96 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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80/100
From 11/06/2018 17:03 | #223978 | TOP COMMENT
Underrated, this is better than a 53rd place in 1990.
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95/100
From 06/21/2018 03:54 | #217101 | TOP COMMENT
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!
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75/100
From 07/05/2016 12:51 | #170568 | TOP COMMENT
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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90/100
From 05/17/2016 20:14 | #166312
A solid album packed with great tunes.
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50/100
From 07/12/2015 20:04 | #145591
Not bad
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80/100
From 01/04/2013 00:51 | #59977 | TOP COMMENT
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.
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From 03/13/2012 22:47 | #38283 | TOP COMMENT
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.
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