Telekon
by Gary Numan
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Gary Numan bestography
Telekon is ranked 3rd best out of 73 albums by Gary Numan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gary Numan is The Pleasure Principle which is ranked number 1578 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,087.
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Telekon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Telekon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  NickVolos | Vinyl Collection, Pt. 4 | 37/99 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Crusaderlord | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 1/50 | 97 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1980 | 20/48 | 3 |
| 2026 | roberto71 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 82/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 85 Music Albums of 1980 | 25/85 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 | 3/80 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 76/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 75 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 456 | |||
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Telekon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 14:39 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2026 09:47 |  MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 16:05 |  EyeKanFly | 9,062 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Telekon comments
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Another number one album and last at his peak, this has even more intricate use of keyboard overlaid sounds and contains great music.
Sounds a bit dated now but still a good record.
Helios 10/04/2016 20:26 | #176318 | TOP COMMENT
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A silk hand to end an era.
16 tracks? Not sure why we're ranking the 1998 reissue of Telekon instead of the original 10 track release but whatever. A very interesting release, chilly dark synth vibes throughout. Some of the best songs are the non-album singles. (Edited)
I bought Telekon by Gary Numan on 28/10/2001 from on CD for £5.99 The version I have is on the record label Beggars Banquet catalogue number BBL 19 CD It entered the UK charts on 13/09/1980 and got to number 1 spending a total of 11 weeks on the chart.
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