Adolescents
by Adolescents

Adolescents by Adolescents
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 6,660th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 85 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1981 (119th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (965th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,660th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 6,660th | 1980s rank: 965th | 1981 rank: 119th

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73/100 (from 85 votes)
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17 hours ago newt  Ratings distribution  80566/100
 
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05/07/2025 01:52 seb7  Ratings distribution  1,52080/100
 
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04/05/2025 03:23 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,66579/100
 
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08/09/2024 10:47 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,40669/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.

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From 04/12/2022 19:23 | #284115
Great sense of diversity for a hardcore punk record which does not really say much for a style infamous for its minimalism, but the point is this is not one of those hardcore records where it feels its all a variation of the same song (like in the case of Damaged and Minor Threat, no matter how much I like those records). Kids of the Black is one of the masterpieces that transcends the limitations of the genres alongside Holiday in Cambodia by the Dead Kennedys.
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Great hardcore punk album which is criminally underrated on this site. The sound has an edge but it’s not too heavy. Not a huge fan of first track but it gets progressively better reaching a peak with Kids From The Black Hole, No Way & Amoeba.
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