Kilimanjaro
by The Teardrop Explodes
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Kilimanjaro is ranked as the best album by The Teardrop Explodes.
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Kilimanjaro track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Kilimanjaro rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2701-2800* | 74/77 | - |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 7/25 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 93 Music Albums of 1980 | 56/93 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 46/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | uary 2022 (2 B deleeted) | 24/98 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 150 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 570 | |||
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Kilimanjaro ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/23/2026 23:05 | Skerns | 5,213 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 02:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,855 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 15:28 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Kilimanjaro forum mentions
Liedzeit 02/03/2024 11:38 in What album are you listening to right now?
dihansse 09/28/2023 20:46 in My discoveries per yearKilimanjaro comments
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A brilliant and energetic record. Kilimanjaro, is yet another of those great British albums of the late seventies/early eighties. Some fine songs in, sleeping gas, treason, and, when I dream. The CD adds the Japanese mini-album version featuring the absolutely brilliant, reward, surely the teardrops greatest ever song. Still, sounds great today. (Edited)
Secondsoul 05/16/2014 23:31 | #112023 | TOP COMMENT
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This was one of the first albums that I bought when I was a kid. Still holds up well today, a magnificent album!
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/07/2012 15:14 | #48015 | TOP COMMENT
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Great debut that puts the psychotic into psychedelia (in a early 80s style of course).
planetneutral 01/15/2018 03:35 | #205636 | TOP COMMENT
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Not exactly a must-have 80s British album for me, but it has its appeal.
lancashirearab TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/23/2012 07:04 | #45123 | TOP COMMENT
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I wanted to visit Liverpool so much... Teardrops, Bunnymen, Wah...
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