Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
by Dexys Midnight Runners
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 06/22/2026 07:37 | AledJames | 1,621 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/09/2026 17:56 | matterhornrider | 5,108 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 19:30 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 18:48 | Olli | 7,514 | 62/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 23:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,111 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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Aside from the two top ten hits and the absolute classic No.1, this album is full of great songs that flow seemlessly from beginning to end. Love their version of Seven Days Too Long, a northern favourite.
Jboy56 01/13/2022 11:33 | #279248
This Brummie soul is fun to listen, and it takes a while to like, but as soon as...
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dihansse 03/02/2021 21:05 | #266894
An absolutely fantastic album where soul music is in a perfect marriage with a very punky atmosphere. Geno is the best example of that: it's rawkish but it's fine soul music through and through. And so is the rest of the album.
Favorite Tracks:Burn It Down
Really good soul music, not a single bad track. Entire album flows really nicely and doesn't have any filler whatsoever.
Standout tracks: "Burn It Down,"Tell Me When My Light Turns Green,"Geno," "Keep It"
planetneutral 01/07/2018 22:34 | #204929
Amazing that a band that most Americans would think of as a one-hit wonder would have three albums in the 1,001 Albums book. Having listened to this album, I'm not entirely sure why.
I'm Just Looking and I Couldn't Help If I Tried is Kevin Rowlands masterpieces. What a singer!!!
More people should know about this album. There's some great stuff on it. Dexys shouldn't just be known for Come on Eileen.
Favourite songs: Geno, Keep It, Seven Days Too Long
Excellent soul album with hints of pop, jazz, and folk. Excellent songs, obviously, Geno, is a standout, but there is plenty of good songs here. Kevin Rowland is a brilliant songwriter but he never wrote that much and that's probably why he is underrated. Still, this is a fine debut record from a great artist.
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