Beat Happening
by Beat Happening

Beat Happening by Beat Happening
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 5,362nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 79 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (65th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (777th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,362nd)

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Beat Happening by Beat Happening 1983-1985 (1996) K Records Vinyl LP first press
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Beat Happening bestography

Beat Happening is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Beat Happening on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Beat Happening is Jamboree which is ranked number 3625 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 407.

Beat Happening album bestography « Higher ranked (4,567th)
You Turn Me On
This album (5,362nd)
Beat Happening
Lower ranked (13,413th) »
Black Candy

(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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Beat Happening rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,362nd | 1980s rank: 777th | 1985 rank: 65th
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2026 arthurbittencourtTop 99 Music Albums of the 1980s28/9915
2026 Patman360Top 73 Music Albums of 198541/732
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198545/1003
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19855/1005
2026pjr428Top 20 Music Albums of 198515/202
2026matterhornriderTop 67 Music Albums of 198564/670
2026LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 198544/863
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Greatest Music Albums30/10071
2025PasteThe 30 Greatest Albums of 198521/302
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 198534/502
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198572/1001
2025 LadyGodivaTop 50 Music Albums of 198543/501
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 198534/1003
2025MaxStorm98Top 44 Music Albums of 198537/441
2025MarquisMarcTop 100 Greatest Music Albums94/1007
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s38/10013
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 198544/1003
2024cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 19856/1005
2024pago82Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s70/1006
2024 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 198521/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 64
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 253
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Beat Happening ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 79 votes)
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02/13/2026 02:47 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,95481/100
 
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10/23/2025 18:08 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,72064/100
 
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09/24/2025 09:55 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,12372/100
 
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03/05/2025 09:35 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,27436/100
 
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11/02/2024 13:19 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,32973/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.

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From 08/24/2017 00:07 | #196642
Fun, simple twee pop songs
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Love Foggy Eyes
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