Rip It Up
by Orange Juice

Rip It Up by Orange Juice
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 4,810th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 85 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (78th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (706th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,810th)

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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 2125 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 771.

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Rip It Up rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,810th | 1980s rank: 706th | 1982 rank: 78th
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2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1982 by Ultimate Record Collector33/54 -
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s85/1003
2026LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 198235/863
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s89/1002
2026cicadelicTop 90 Music Albums of 198229/903
2026 Patman360Top 98 Music Albums of 198217/984
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 19829/1005
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 198263/1002
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198268/1002
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s36/10013
2025 imimesisTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s50/10010
2025 LadyGodivaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s38/10013
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19827/1005
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 39 Music Albums of 19828/394
2025Rm12398Top 25 Music Albums of 19829/253
2025 LadyGodivaTop 50 Music Albums of 198210/504
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 198246/1003
2025 O.T.Top 31 Music Albums of 19828/314
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 198229/502
2025mostlymor1982 Listening Project (Part Two)93/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 78
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 288
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Rip It Up ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 85 votes)
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12/10/2025 18:42 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,19268/100
 
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12/07/2025 18:09 willtoshower  Ratings distribution  1,54372/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:40 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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10/23/2025 21:09 traistboar  Ratings distribution  1,62579/100
 
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08/22/2025 11:52 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,73982/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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50/100
From 12/02/2021 14:28 | #277007
really top-notch production song writing instrumentation pop-funk
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From 01/01/2020 18:03 | #246290
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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From 11/29/2017 09:28 | #202299
Pop aesthetes of the highest calibre. Wonderful album. One of the best I've heard from the new wave era.
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