The Up Escalator
by Graham Parker & The Rumour

The Up Escalator by Graham Parker & The Rumour
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 30,226th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 29 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (386th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,777th)
Award Best albums of all time (30,226th)

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Graham Parker & The Rumour bestography

The Up Escalator is ranked 5th best out of 29 albums by Graham Parker on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Graham Parker is Squeezing Out Sparks which is ranked number 5862 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 227.

Graham Parker & The Rumour album bestography « Higher ranked (22,925th)
The Mona Lisa's Sister
This album (30,226th)
The Up Escalator
Lower ranked (30,897th) »
Stick To Me

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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The Up Escalator rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 30,226th | 1980s rank: 3,777th | 1980 rank: 386th

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The Up Escalator ratings

Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 29 votes)
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09/22/2025 20:26 dihansse  Ratings distribution  6,27675/100
 
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11/27/2024 07:16 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100
 
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09/01/2024 23:15 mostlymor  Ratings distribution  6,82679/100
 
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05/25/2023 18:48 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,04464/100
 
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09/12/2022 02:48 rivalson  Ratings distribution  4676/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.0/100, a mean average of 66.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.8.

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