Time (studio album) by Electric Light Orchestra
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Time is ranked 3rd best out of 42 albums by Electric Light Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Electric Light Orchestra is Out Of The Blue which is ranked number 493 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,578.
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Time track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 03/03/2025 18:47 |  Montpejo | | 81/100 |
100/100 | 01/29/2025 06:23 | Pienk | | 77/100 |
55/100 | 01/29/2025 06:11 |  Strangel | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 01/24/2025 15:45 |  Cargusbralem | | 67/100 |
75/100 | 01/21/2025 20:55 | Mrump | | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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lleon79 03/23/2024 18:29
Why is this rated so low? So, so good.
Not a bad album but better than On the Third Day, Eldorado or Face the Music? not a chance, ranked way to high.
Great
I like the sci-fi theme of this album and it shows transition of the ELO to the 80s sound. There are some weak tracks, but most of them are good.
Jboy56 05/05/2022 07:02
This Band surely knows how to make catchy and ingenious pop-rock tunes.
VictorVale 02/28/2021 13:17
Incrível viagem! Um dos melhores da década!
teague 02/14/2021 14:05
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Interesting concept album with lynne piling on synthase, 21st century man is lovely but the vocal effects diminish it for me. Twightlight and hold on tight are the highlights, another heartbreak is instrumental dross.
A "Concept Album". If you can get over how silly the concept is (Jeff Lynne plays a man who gets sent into the future year of 2095 and then hates it and wants to go back), it's a lot of fun, and arguably ahead of the curve on synth driven sci-fi music. I love "Julie Don't Live Here Anymore", which is a bonus track on some reissues of the album.
This could be one of my guilty pleasure. I have to tell that this is one of my alltime favorite albums. When I first listened to it, I was young boy and I was really impressed about it and it never gone. The style, the sound, the lyrics it is so 80s and untill this day I really love that album.
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