Living In Darkness
by Agent Orange

Living In Darkness by Agent Orange
Year: 1981
Release date: 1981-11-00
Overall rank: 4,382nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 86 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (75th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (635th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,382nd)

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Overall rank: 4,382nd | 1980s rank: 635th | 1981 rank: 75th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 86 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.


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85/100
Great punk record and one of my favorites. Back in 2014, when Pandora was more of a thing, I heard this on there (remember that)? This, the Descendents debut, and Adolescents debut all served as a springboard that got me into punk in my formative years.


It's fast, catchy, and simple. There's no crazy experimentation and its high accessibility lends it as a great gateway for classic punk. The rather thin and no frills production/sound definitely feels 80's but it still kicks ass today. Good songwriting and playing is timeless.

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95/100
One of my favorite punk albums this is a cut above due to the musicianship and world view.
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55/100
feral, impulsive, powerful punk. needed to listen to it 2-3 times. first impression was a bit monotonous, but as i arrived at "the last goodbye" the vocals suddenly clicked on me. so i decided to listen to it once again - and it worked out. a really likeable record.
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great skating music love it
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Most underratted punk album I can think of because of its lyrical depth (for punk) and not clean, but catchy musicianship. Not a bad track on here
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