AutoAmerican
by Blondie

AutoAmerican by Blondie
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-11-19
Overall rank: 3,261st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 164 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (67th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (489th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,261st)

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Blondie bestography

AutoAmerican is ranked 5th best out of 23 albums by Blondie on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Blondie is Parallel Lines which is ranked number 256 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,273.

Blondie album bestography « Higher ranked (2,953rd)
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This album (3,261st)
AutoAmerican
Lower ranked (17,961st) »
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AutoAmerican rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,261st | 1980s rank: 489th | 1980 rank: 67th

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AutoAmerican ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 164 votes)
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3 days ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,06670/100
 
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03/15/2026 12:44 Jantje  Ratings distribution  65975/100
 
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02/28/2026 17:46 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/28/2026 13:12 classicjoe  Ratings distribution  23279/100
 
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11/12/2025 23:30 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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60/100
From 04/27/2022 10:17 | #284701
Album Rating: 62.08
(745/12)

1.Europa. 72
2.Live It Up. 76
3.Here's Looking At You. 36
4.The Tide Is High. 44
5.Angels On The Balcony. 79
6.Go Through It. 41
7.Do The Dark. 72
8.Rapture. 83
9.Faces. 73
10.T-Birds. 38
11.Walk Like Me. 61
12.Follow Me. 70
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80/100
From 03/19/2015 21:41 | #137332
I think this album have some good and some great songs but is a bit messy! I so appreciate Blondie's versatility and adventure in their sound but this album feels a bit forced for some reason. I think if the order of the track were a bit different,t with a better flow will sound more consistent. Still a very good album!
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Rating:  
70/100
From 09/05/2012 21:08 | #50057
Rapture has not aged well... but this is still a strong album bursting with infectious pop hooks.
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70/100
From 05/26/2012 17:25 | #43032
Decent record as far as 80's go.
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