Don't Try This At Home
by Billy Bragg
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Billy Bragg bestography
Don't Try This At Home is ranked 5th best out of 22 albums by Billy Bragg on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Billy Bragg is Talking With The Taxman About Poetry which is ranked number 3072 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 498.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Don't Try This At Home track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Don't Try This At Home rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 54/69 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1991 | 47/88 | 2 |
| 2026 | djirons | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 19/100 | 77 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1991 | 2/50 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vox Magazine 50 Albums of 1991 | 15/50 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 62/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 60 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 197 | |||
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Don't Try This At Home ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/11/2026 02:07 | imacgill | 2,876 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 20:57 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,748 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 11:07 | cicadelic | 14,192 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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Some lovely moments on this album from the whimsical 'Moving the Goalposts' to the heart-felt 'Tank Park Salute' Billy proves he is more than a political activist and charms the listener with his well crafted songs.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2015 04:04 | #132195 | TOP COMMENT
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More personal than political, but not quite as strong.
Secondsoul 09/07/2013 13:13 | #85394 | TOP COMMENT
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Strong songwriting and surely Bragg's finest album
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