The Ups And Downs
by Stephen Duffy
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Stephen Duffy bestography
The Ups And Downs is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by Stephen Duffy on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stephen Duffy is I Love My Friends which is ranked number 16975 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 66.
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The Ups And Downs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Ups And Downs rankings summary
Overall rank: 41,361st | 1980s rank: 4,835th | 1985 rank: 432nd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 76 Music Albums of 1985 | 58/76 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 94 Music Albums of 1985 | 88/94 | 0 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Top 100, 1 per artist | 81/100 | - |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1985 | 9/26 | 3 |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Electronic 80's | 21/67 | - |
| 2018 |  Infinity183 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1985 | 28/30 | 1 |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Solo Artists | 23/66 | - |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Best Debut Album | 33/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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| ! | 12/05/2025 02:09 |  CaptainPain | 3,418 | 61/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 22:32 | MadhattanJack | 6,042 | 66/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2022 19:18 | TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
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Rich150 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/07/2016 21:48 | #176512
The album containing (probably) his most popular tracks Kiss Me and Icing On The Cake. 80's pop with a bit of synth (JJ Jeczalik from Art of Noise was involved) to a piano led Wednesday Jones. An abridged version of Masterpiece could have been as good as the hits and Be There is good too. Quite different from his later work with The Lilac Time but, for me, this is still an enjoyable album ti listen to now.
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TheDude85 01/22/2022 19:24 | #279857
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The former lead vocalist of Duran Duran (he was gone before they became international successes) and many other British synth bands released his own solo album in 1985. Duffy collaborated with many similar minded Brits on this album (most notably from The Art Of Noise) and churned out his most popular singles - "Kiss Me" and "Icing On The Cake". A great dose of 80s pop.
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The Ups and Downs is the debut album by the English singer/songwriter Stephen Duffy (released under the name Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy). It was released in April 1985 and reached No. 35 on the UK Albums Chart. (Edited)
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