Telephone Free Landslide Victory
by Camper Van Beethoven

Telephone Free Landslide Victory by Camper Van Beethoven
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 4,758th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 95 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (60th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (695th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,758th)

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Telephone Free Landslide Victory is ranked as the best album by Camper Van Beethoven.

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Overall rank: 4,758th | 1980s rank: 695th | 1985 rank: 60th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 95 votes)
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75/100
 
02/17/2026 20:24 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  1,84770/100
 
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02/09/2026 14:58 Juneof44  Ratings distribution  2,58469/100
 
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10/28/2025 06:30 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,37669/100
 
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10/12/2025 07:10 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93769/100
 
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05/14/2025 22:11 culwin  Ratings distribution  1,39175/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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From 01/05/2017 07:38 | #181778
Difficult to get through all at once without banging that skip button a few times. CVB is more of a good-sounding band than a band with good songs. If it were only trimmed down, there is a great album in here somewhere. Lowery sounds a little like Paul Westerburg at times, but these guys play it pretty slow and straight so the comparison ends there. The violinist is clearly a huge John Cale fan.
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From 01/31/2014 21:24 | #101960
Like some eastern European ska folk punk 60s extravaganza. Plenty of great instrumental ditties and some fun, humorous songs. Take the Skinheads Bowling is a classic.
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