Absolutely
by Madness

Absolutely by Madness
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-09-26
Overall rank: 5,667th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 96 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (95th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (813th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,667th)

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Madness bestography

Absolutely is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by Madness on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Madness is One Step Beyond... which is ranked number 2256 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 727.

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Overall rank: 5,667th | 1980s rank: 813th | 1980 rank: 95th

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 96 votes)
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05/21/2026 05:54 Sumbody  Ratings distribution  1,87176/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.

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65/100
From 01/23/2024 08:35 | #301411
Lots of the same, fun but quite uneven to my eardrums. Just not for me,
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From 05/29/2021 22:19 | #270162
The first Album I ever owned. Received as a Christmas present at the age of 11. Loved it then and love it now. Hadn’t listened it for man years and recently revisited it. In my opinion Madness best ? just ahead of One Step Beyond. Other than Solid Gone I love most of the songs on here. Baggy Trousers and Embarrassment are stand out tracks but the rest aren’t just fillers. Other songs of note are Take It Or Leave It, Not Home Today, Shadow Of Feam and In The rain. Highly recommend this Album.
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95/100
From 08/17/2019 23:21 | #241336
All killer no filler. To me, the last great Madness album
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From 08/26/2017 16:45 | #196767
As with all Madness albums the singles are the best. The other tracks just simply don't compare with the likes of, Baggy trousers, Embarrassment, and, Return of the lost Palmas 7. Still, not bad album.
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