Highly Strung
by Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett bestography
Highly Strung is ranked 28th best out of 42 albums by Steve Hackett on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Hackett is Voyage Of The Acolyte which is ranked number 3882 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 374.
(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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Highly Strung track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Highly Strung rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 76 Music Albums of 1983 | 37/76 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1983 Listening Project (Part 1) | 55/100 | - |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 16 Music Albums of 1982 | 7/16 | - |
| 2025 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Steve Hackett (UK) - Ranked | 26/42 | - |
| 2019 | Fischman | Steve Hackett Albums Ranked | 16/23 | - |
| 2016 | Tobias273 | Top 62 Music Albums of the 1980s | 61/62 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 8 | |||
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Highly Strung ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/15/2025 11:27 |  doombringer | 2,236 | 75/100 | |
| 04/14/2024 22:21 | Skerns | 5,076 | 80/100 | |
| 03/24/2023 20:20 | LosWochos | 47,005 | 75/100 | |
| 01/03/2023 06:57 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 | |
| 08/25/2022 02:16 | dhbarrett | 8,349 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.5/100, a mean average of 61.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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doombringer 01/15/2025 11:30 | #307010
Meh ...this guy has released much better albums . This is one of his weaker ones , Half-hearted song ideas mixed with typical 80's sound . ...meh !
This album is a lot further down the pecking order than I think it should be. A good listening experience from the eighties output. I think this album and Till We Have Faces compliment each other even given the synths used on both albums and the electric feel the Linn Drum provides, however that said, they are in parts, also very different.
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