Rip It Up
by Orange Juice

Rip It Up by Orange Juice
Year: 1982
Release date: 1982-11-12
Overall rank: 4,930th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 87 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (77th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (714th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,930th)

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Orange Juice bestography

Rip It Up is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Orange Juice on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Orange Juice is You Can't Hide Your Love Forever which is ranked number 2138 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 777.

Orange Juice album bestography « Higher ranked (2,138th)
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
This album (4,930th)
Rip It Up
Lower ranked (12,590th) »
The Orange Juice

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Rip It Up rankings

Rip It Up rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,930th | 1980s rank: 714th | 1982 rank: 77th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
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2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 198263/1002
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198210/1005
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198274/1001
2026gloriousgooTop 22 Music Albums of the 1980s20/223
2026LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 198235/863
2026 O.T.Top 33 Music Albums of 19828/334
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s50/10010
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1982 by Ultimate Record Collector33/54 -
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s90/1002
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 198248/500
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 198295/1000
2026 Patman360Top 98 Music Albums of 198217/984
2026Rm12398Top 26 Music Albums of 19829/263
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198229/1004
2026 HeliosTop 90 Music Albums of 198285/900
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s86/1003
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 39 Music Albums of 19828/394
2025 LadyGodivaTop 50 Music Albums of 198210/504
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 198246/1003
2025mikepenTop 70 Music Albums of 19824/705
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 79
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 286
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 87 votes)
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07/26/2026 19:38 flamingyesdept  Ratings distribution  2,94277/100
 
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12/07/2025 18:09 willtoshower  Ratings distribution  1,54572/100

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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.


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really top-notch production song writing instrumentation pop-funk
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Incredible indie pop album from the early 80s that still stands up today. Unfortunately it seems this record is really overlooked; many songs are immediately catchy and unique for the time. Admittedly, the ending few songs don't speak to me much, but this album caught me off guard with how fun it was.

Favorite tracks: Rip it Up, Breakfast Time, I Can't Help Myself
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Pop aesthetes of the highest calibre. Wonderful album. One of the best I've heard from the new wave era.
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