Kissing To Be Clever
by Culture Club
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Culture Club bestography
Kissing To Be Clever is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Culture Club on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Culture Club is Colour By Numbers which is ranked number 3531 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 426.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Kissing To Be Clever track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Kissing To Be Clever rankings
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Kissing To Be Clever ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/28/2026 23:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,463 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 14:16 | Jakor | 5,508 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:50 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2025 18:11 |  AAL2014 | 4,180 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2025 19:15 |  Leonard | 6,607 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.1/100, a mean average of 63.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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Had this on cassette, used to listen to it on a blaster in my little apartment, and I thought then what I still think coming back to it now. To me, this is a really smart, fun, sophisticated album that is perfectly of its time, but also has a lot of soul to it. Got to knock some points off, though, because the production is also of its time: thin and brittle with a shallow bottom end.
junodog4 04/28/2017 03:37 | #189945
The story and personality is actually much more interesting than the music.
Excellent production and catchy songs makes this a memorable debut, topped only by Colour By Numbers.
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