Machine Gun Etiquette (studio album)
by The Damned
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Machine Gun Etiquette is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by The Damned on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Damned is Damned, Damned, Damned which is ranked number 1482 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,147.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/04/2025 15:26 | Jakor | 4,882 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2025 11:09 | nsanto | 79 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 13:30 |  Tamthebam | 22,857 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2025 08:13 | Olli | 6,672 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2025 14:36 |  Dingerbell | 3,990 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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One of punk's masterpieces, though it does not end as good as it starts. Melody Lee is one of the most perfect Damned songs alongside Neat Neat Neat and New Rose.
Jboy56 01/12/2022 14:56 | #279210
Hmm, one of the best punk albums(post,proto or classic)
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Favorite Tracks:I Just Can't Be Happy Today
Dankel 11/18/2017 09:19 | #201540
Classic UK Punk album - after Brian James left people thought the Damned were finished but this album proved them wrong - nearly every track is great
louisjwyatt 09/04/2014 19:37 | #121183
How is this not rated higher on BEA!? This band has a very unique brand of melodic, almost psychedelic sounding punk and I love it! Definitely more mature than their debut, which was a little more generic in terms of style for the time (although I like that one as well). This album hits hard too. Never a dull moment. Gotta love Smash It Up too.
Outside of one track, it's pretty good
Can't believe I had to search for this one as I thought it would easily be top 20 of 1979. 45.....forty*******five!!!, i know 79 was a good year but come on. Great, great album with so many stellar tracks. Anti-pope with it's Magic Bus soundlike instrumental break is outstanding as is Plan 9 Channel 7.
My favourite punk album by my favourite punk band (is it really punk?) Every song a winner (unless you have the stupid extended version - don't you hate that). You just can't beat Smash It Up.
Mercury 03/11/2013 04:52 | #67818
I can't imagine how this record could fall outside the top 40 of '79?!??!! It's awesome!
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