AutoAmerican
by Blondie

Album
AutoAmerican by Blondie
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-11-19
Overall rank: 3,192nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 169 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (61st)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (471st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,192nd)

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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 6,155.

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AutoAmerican track list

  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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Europa
Average Rating: 76 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
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Live It Up
Average Rating: 79 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
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Here's Looking At You
Average Rating: 72 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Tide Is High
Average Rating: 80 (59 votes)Comments: View 1
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Angels On The Balcony
Average Rating: 78 (30 votes)Comments: View 0
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Go Through It
Average Rating: 76 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
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Do The Dark
Average Rating: 76 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
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Rapture
Average Rating: 85 (79 votes)Comments: View 1
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Faces
Average Rating: 76 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
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T-Birds
Average Rating: 73 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
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Walk Like Me
Average Rating: 77 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
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Follow Me
Average Rating: 74 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
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AutoAmerican rankings

AutoAmerican rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,192nd | 1980s rank: 471st | 1980 rank: 61st  Overall chart history
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AutoAmerican ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 169 votes)
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 !		10/21/2026 13:54 kinginsomniac12  Ratings distribution  62599/100
 
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 !		09/30/2026 13:14 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,78974/100
 
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 !		05/08/2026 19:26 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,55070/100

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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 13.7.


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AutoAmerican forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/04/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5394): By O.T.
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AutoAmerican comments

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80/100
From 03/19/2015 21:41 | #137332 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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70/100
From 09/05/2012 21:08 | #50057 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Rapture has not aged well... but this is still a strong album bursting with infectious pop hooks.
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From 05/26/2012 17:25 | #43032 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Decent record as far as 80's go.
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50/100
From 04/08/2026 21:32 | #313812 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A very mediocre album, with only 2 songs which are of note, you guessed them, Rapture & The Tide is High. Having said that, Walk Like Me is a good tracks as well.
I remember when Rapture came out and there was so much hype over her "Rapping" on the song, for me it was just a great Pop tune. (Edited)
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65/100
From 04/09/2026 12:10 | #313825 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The Tide Is High & Rapture are decent tracks. the rest is just not up to what you should expect from Blondie. Very disappointing (Edited)
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