No Parlez
by Paul Young
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No Parlez is ranked as the best album by Paul Young.
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No Parlez track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
No Parlez rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1983 | 23/33 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 89/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0201-0300* | 16/62 | - |
| 2025 | Squonk007 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1983 | 8/25 | 4 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 35/99 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1983 Album Listening Project Part Two | 12/90 | - |
| 2025 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | 48/50 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 88 | |||
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No Parlez ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/17/2025 15:13 | Leginlists | 3,786 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:54 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2025 16:38 | Gendjar | 4,750 | 56/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 66.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 04/29/2023 21:20 in What album are you listening to right now? neilgee 04/29/2023 02:53 in What album are you listening to right now? neilgee 02/10/2022 21:19 in What album are you listening to right now?No Parlez comments
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TheDude85 04/14/2019 14:47 | #234966
The lead track of this album is what got me to sit up and pay attention to Paul Young, and he became one of my favorite artists of the 80s. Just such a soulful album - everything Rick Astley wished he could be, but wasn't.
I still reckon that one of the defining differentiators that lifted this album overall was the simplistic, but crucial, female backing vocals (the [pair of young ladies were known as "the Staggering Harlots" I believe?). Gave it that Je ne sais quoi for me and my favourite version of 'Wherever I Lay My Hat' lives here
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