Too Low For Zero
by Elton John

Too Low For Zero by Elton John
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-05-30
Overall rank: 5,973rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 145 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (85th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (851st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,973rd)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
Sorry, no matches on eBay for "Too Low For Zero Elton John".

  My favourite store:  

Listen & Collect

Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.

Elton John bestography

Too Low For Zero is ranked 9th best out of 56 albums by Elton John on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Elton John is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is ranked number 208 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,309.

Elton John album bestography « Higher ranked (4,218th)
Elton John
This album (5,973rd)
Too Low For Zero
Lower ranked (6,723rd) »
The Very Best Of Elton John

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Listen to Too Low For Zero on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

Too Low For Zero track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

Sort Sort by

Track pick (1000 - 100 votes) Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.

Too Low For Zero rankings

Too Low For Zero rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,973rd | 1980s rank: 851st | 1983 rank: 85th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 7 hours ago).

Too Low For Zero collection

Too Low For Zero ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 145 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album.  | Show all 145 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
75/100
 !
07/21/2026 09:21 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,14669/100
 
45/100
 !
07/01/2026 19:32 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  86948/100
 
80/100
 !
04/30/2026 17:27 gmessian  Ratings distribution  38560/100
 
60/100
 !
11/12/2025 23:46 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
30/100
 !
10/18/2025 16:44 Gendjar  Ratings distribution  4,75156/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.


Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to leave a rating

Too Low For Zero favourites

Showing all 13 members who have added this album as a favourite

Too Low For Zero comments

Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 12 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
45/100
Some good tracks here and well worth a listen. I'm Still Standing the highlight, the final track One More Arrow is a disappointing end
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
From 04/27/2024 14:00 | #303213
Honestly. EJ has not made bad albums ever . and this is one of his best from the eighties.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
The album has one of the strongest "Side Ones" in the history of popular music. Unfortunately, its "Side Two" is significantly weaker. Still an essential album. 9/10!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
From 01/09/2022 12:36 | #278934
En este disco, Elton John consiguió una calidad comparable a la de sus mejores álbumes de la primera mitad de los 70.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
Elton's "comeback" album. 5 tracks are excellent, the rest are decent. I wouldn't say this album has aged as well as his best 70s stuff, but its got some of the best songs of the 80s on it.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 03/21/2018 05:03 | #211383
Fun album!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
70/100
From 05/18/2017 02:10 | #190977
A glimmer of life in the midst of his 80s schlock.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
65/100
From 06/19/2016 14:02 | #169142
Elton changed for the times, and made something that made sense for a few months then became dated. Basically a mess with a few gems on it.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
60/100
Not great, but worth it for, I'm still standing, and, I guess that's why they call it the blues. The latter is Elton John's best song of the eighties.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
Its a record of 2 halves 5 good tracks and 5 not bad tracks. I like the tracks Cold as Christmas, Kiss The Bride, I'm still Standing, the title track & One More Arrow.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

Please log in or create an account if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Too Low For Zero

Anonymous
What do you think of this album? Leave a comment or rate it below.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
Log in or create an account to rate this album, leave comments and join the discussion.