Echo & The Bunnymen
by Echo & The Bunnymen

Echo & The Bunnymen by Echo & The Bunnymen
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 4,948th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 106 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (64th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (730th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,948th)

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Echo & The Bunnymen bestography

Echo & The Bunnymen is ranked 5th best out of 24 albums by Echo & The Bunnymen on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Echo & The Bunnymen is Ocean Rain which is ranked number 447 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,791.

Echo & The Bunnymen album bestography « Higher ranked (1,761st)
Porcupine
This album (4,948th)
Echo & The Bunnymen
Lower ranked (7,287th) »
Songs To Learn And Sing

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Echo & The Bunnymen rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,948th | 1980s rank: 730th | 1987 rank: 64th
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2026 dihansseTop 65 Music Albums of 198730/653
2026matterhornriderTop 48 Music Albums of 198726/482
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 69 Music Albums of 198724/693
2026bonnequestionTop 18 Music Albums of 19878/183
2026cicadelicSounds Album Of The Year 198715/50 -
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s90/1002
2026shanelovesyou1111Top 66 Music Albums of 198742/662
2026LittleM1971Top 94 Music Albums of 198771/941
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 19879/1005
2026 Patman360Top 73 Music Albums of 198731/733
2026gregthealienTop 88 Music Albums of the 1980s58/887
2025 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s43/10012
2025RiveraTop 42 Music Albums of 198727/422
2025 slatsheitTop 46 Music Albums of 198719/463
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 198731/1004
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 198738/1003
2025 SomethingSpecialTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s74/1005
2025JaymanthemanTop 36 Music Albums of 198734/360
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 198792/1000
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198719/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 81
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 279
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Echo & The Bunnymen ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 106 votes)
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02/26/2026 15:29 CA Dreamin  Ratings distribution  74270/100
 
75/100
 
02/06/2026 13:47 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,37373/100
 
80/100
 
10/24/2025 01:33 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,15376/100
 
80/100
 
08/22/2025 11:57 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,74482/100
 
80/100
 
07/29/2025 10:00 mash  Ratings distribution  1,44488/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.

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80/100
From 04/02/2018 15:54 | #212171
All perfectly serviceable songs, no real lows, but the main problem with the album is that there isn’t a really brilliant song on here that blows your socks off. The closest to brilliance here would be the opener and the closer which are both great.
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85/100
From 02/20/2018 17:22 | #208948
Very slick, uplifting, feel good album. Very polished, so not as raw like some of their earlier albums. Every song is a get up and move song. Great music that won’t let you down.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 07/07/2015 20:54 | #145285
I'm also not sure why this sits so low on the charts. It doesn't blow your socks off, but there are also very few misses. Maybe the problem is that it's a fairly bright and cheery album?
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85/100
From 03/05/2015 05:59 | #136165
I don't understand why this album isn't ranked higher ?
Am I missing something here.... The only thing I can think of , is this record "sounds" more commercial than their first 4 (also excellent) albums.
Solid throughout both sides !!
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