Wild Gift (studio album)
by X (US)

Wild Gift by X (US)
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 2,925th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 139 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (52nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (441st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,925th)

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X (US) bestography

Wild Gift is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by X (US) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by X (US) is Los Angeles which is ranked number 1058 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,636.

X (US) album bestography « Higher ranked (1,058th)
Los Angeles
This album (2,925th)
Wild Gift
Lower ranked (5,153rd) »
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Wild Gift track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Wild Gift rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,925th | 1980s rank: 441st | 1981 rank: 52nd

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Wild Gift ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 139 votes)
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11/08/2025 03:03 BurndenAce   1,02077/100
 
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08/07/2025 22:23 UofTBlues   3,57271/100
 
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06/13/2025 18:01 Invader666   2,62365/100
 
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05/18/2025 12:47 nsanto   7981/100
 
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02/23/2025 02:50 Proto   3,80733/100

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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 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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Wild Gift comments

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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/12/2023 23:32 | #298590
Suco do bom punk.
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70/100
From 01/19/2022 16:07 | #279695
Rather accessible late punk-pop album. I do not actively hate it. Driving hard..
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10/100
From 12/02/2021 14:06 | #276986
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85/100
From 07/16/2020 02:34 | #255650
This is actually better than Los Angeles in my opinion.
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From 06/30/2018 05:32 | #217525
Good.

Favorite tracks: Adult Books, When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch

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Rating:  
95/100
From 04/06/2018 01:31 | #212369
A criminally underrated album on these charts! I know that Los Angeles is a better album but I’ve always connected better with Wild Gift.

Favorites: Adult Books, Once Over Twice, White Girl, We’re Desperate, Universal Corner
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Rating:  
90/100
From 12/23/2016 06:35 | #180774
13 songs in a half-hour and not a bad one in the bunch. This album is ridiculously good and it never flags, not even after a million listens.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 03/29/2015 21:20 | #138189
Great album, full of fury. My favorite tunes on this album are: "We're Desperate", "In This House That I Call Home", and "I'm Coming Over".
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Rating:  
90/100
From 09/29/2014 06:34 | #122984
Little known gem .... Check out " white girl ". !!!!
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80/100
From 10/24/2012 16:05 | #53286
Agreed... This and Los Angeles are among the most powerful ambums ever recorded...
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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
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