Dance
by Gary Numan

Dance by Gary Numan
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 7,876th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 34 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (133rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,130th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,876th)

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Gary Numan bestography

Dance is ranked 5th best out of 72 albums by Gary Numan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gary Numan is The Pleasure Principle which is ranked number 1504 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,128.

Gary Numan album bestography « Higher ranked (6,688th)
Tubeway Army
This album (7,876th)
Dance
Lower ranked (8,285th) »
Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,876th | 1980s rank: 1,130th | 1981 rank: 133rd

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 34 votes)
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80/100
 
10/05/2025 03:49 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,18583/100
 
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08/31/2024 03:16 nmte  Ratings distribution  33256/100
 
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03/18/2023 09:36 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100
 
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12/12/2022 15:37 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,16664/100
 
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09/05/2022 07:45 tillz  Ratings distribution  78779/100

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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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From 05/16/2019 16:09 | #236303
The key here is to listen to this and NOT think about the Gary Numan you expect.
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