The Big Express (studio album) by XTC

The Big Express by XTC
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 4,717th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 89 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (701st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,717th)
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The Big Express by XTC (CD, Oct-1984, Geffen) New Sealed
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XTC bestography

The Big Express is ranked 10th best out of 30 albums by XTC on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by XTC is Skylarking which is ranked number 366 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,824.

XTC album bestography « Higher ranked (4,243rd) This album (4,717th) Lower ranked (5,945th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 89 votes)
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10/09/2024 19:31 bonnequestion  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,44570/100
 
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10/07/2024 23:21 Banner  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,77080/100
 
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06/06/2024 05:32 matterhornrider  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,21482/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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60/100
From 07/21/2019 20:28
Nice songs (as always) but so chronically over-produced it hurts my ears.
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85/100
From 01/30/2018 22:17
I do like the more industrial sound of this album but find it a little more up and down than most of their albums. Because of that although I score it the same as Mummer I position it lower.
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95/100
From 03/27/2017 23:12
Somehow The Big Express is ranked here as the single worst XTC album. That's just crazy! Every song is great, especially the shining career-wide highlight I Remember The Sun which never fails to leave me breathless.
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90/100
From 03/29/2013 22:59
I'm surprised The Big Express doesn't get more love here. Seems like everyone loves Skylarking, but I personally prefer The Big Express.
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