...And Don't The Kids Just Love It
by Television Personalities

...And Don't The Kids Just Love It by Television Personalities
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 2,488th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 144 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (43rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (376th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,488th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 2,488th | 1980s rank: 376th | 1981 rank: 43rd
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2026 covecoveOverall Chart 301-40054/100 -
2026LittleM1971Top 89 Music Albums of 198124/894
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s64/1007
2026 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 19813/1005
2026JohnnyoGreatest albums of 1981 by Ultimate Record Collector48/55 -
2026matterhornriderTop 45 Music Albums of 198123/453
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198118/1004
2025ThuramThugoodTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s91/1002
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 198175/1001
2025sacreyoubertTop 60 Music Albums of the 1980s28/6011
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s75/1005
2025 dihansseTop 55 Music Albums of 198136/552
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198147/1003
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 19817/1005
2025 LadyGodivaTop 50 Music Albums of 19812/505
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 80's (401 - 500) by U R C45/100 -
2025 WasinskiTop 100 Greatest Music Albums31/10069
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 19813/1005
2025 LiedzeitBest Album Titles22/60 -
2025OlliTop 201-300 Greatest Music Albums97/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 149
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 635
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 144 votes)
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80/100
 
02/18/2026 08:24 Cassper1  Ratings distribution  2884/100
 
70/100
 
01/17/2026 07:35 Norman Bates  Ratings distribution  10,02375/100
 
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11/18/2025 17:07 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,70270/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:30 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,41965/100
 
70/100
 
09/04/2024 16:10 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,36169/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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60/100
From 03/30/2021 03:41 | #267953
Amateurish indie guitar music with silly lyrics. I don't understand the appeal but others might. Sometimes the vocals are so badly recorded and tweely enunciated it is annoying. I did like Geoffrey Ingram though.
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90/100
From 11/04/2017 05:29 | #200679
Best Tracks: Look Back In Anger, Family Affair
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95/100
From 02/14/2016 05:10 | #159630
If you like eccentric off-beat post-punk then check this stuff out. My reaction: "where has this been all my life!! Why doesn't this get a ton more respect!?"
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/06/2015 19:39 | #147262
Wow. What a chamringly unusual and spritely album. The sound is unique and light, but it still has enough depth to vary it's tone. Plenty of lovely little songs, which although a little forgettable, all just convey the weird fun that the album is seemingly based off of. I really, really like it.
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45/100
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From 04/28/2013 00:05 | #74620
Real nice Post-Punk. Better than a lot of the more well known stuff in fact.
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From 10/13/2011 05:29 | #28309
A classic Indie Pop Album - simple stripped back pop songs that seem utterly timeless.
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Best Albums of 1981
1. Moving Pictures by Rush
2. Computerwelt by Kraftwerk
3. Discipline by King Crimson
4. Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
5. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Time by Electric Light Orchestra
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8. Dare by The Human League
9. Damaged by Black Flag
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