Bedtime For Democracy
by Dead Kennedys

Bedtime For Democracy by Dead Kennedys
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 5,747th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 70 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (81st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (839th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,747th)

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Dead Kennedys bestography

Bedtime For Democracy is ranked 5th best out of 9 albums by Dead Kennedys on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dead Kennedys is Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables which is ranked number 358 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,673.

Dead Kennedys album bestography « Higher ranked (4,227th)
Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death
This album (5,747th)
Bedtime For Democracy
Lower ranked (6,560th) »
In God We Trust, Inc

(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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Bedtime For Democracy track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 5,747th | 1980s rank: 839th | 1986 rank: 81st

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71/100 (from 70 votes)
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01/29/2026 13:36 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,36269/100
 
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11/13/2025 02:14 1977Podcast  Ratings distribution  6686/100
 
80/100
 
10/05/2025 08:35 Olli  Ratings distribution  6,75563/100
 
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09/04/2025 19:31 BurndenAce  Ratings distribution  1,12476/100
 
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08/22/2025 16:09 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,73982/100

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85/100
From 11/08/2024 09:11 | #305933
Like this heaps perhaps too many songs and all a bit the same full on intensity
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From 09/05/2020 02:30 | #257772
One of my favorite Dead Kennedy albums. Not always but over time resinated more and more. Overall much faster paced than there other albums hence how they crammed 21 songs into it. Fantastic from start to finish. Short, fast, furious songs with the always present slap in the face lyrics. One of the most truth bearing bands on the planet but delivered in the happiest way. Love them.
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From 12/13/2014 12:23 | #129297
Easily the weakest DK album. Jello spends much of this album launching into pretnetious tyrades, and even much of the music is comparatively flat and uninspired. However, there are enough good songs here (Cesspools in Eden and Where Do You Draw the Line) to make it worthwhile.
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