Dexys Midnight Runners
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels







Release Year: 1980

Rankings:
All-Time #420 / 1980s #56 / 1980 #7

Genres: Blue Eyed Soul, New Wave
Parent Genres: Pop, Rock

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Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) After that
Various writers - Albums: 50 Years of Great Recordings (2005) No Order
Channel 4 (UK) - 125 Nominations for the 100 Greatest Albums (2005) No Order
GQ (UK) - The 100 Coolest Albums in the World Right Now! (2005) 59
Gary Mulholland (UK) - 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco (2006) No Order
Melody Maker (UK) - All Time Top 100 Albums (2000) 42
Mojo (UK) - Mojo 1000, the Ultimate CD Buyers Guide (2001) No Order
NME (UK) - 20 Near-as-Damn-It Perfect Initial Efforts (1992) 12
NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums (1985) 34
NME (UK) - All Times Top 100 Albums + Top 50 by Decade (1993) 84
NME (UK) - Nominations For the Best Albums of the 1980s (2012) No Order
NME (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2006) 16
NME (UK) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013) 118
NME (UK) - Top 100 Albums of All Time (2003) 68
Q (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums Ever (2000) 85
Q (UK) - The 50 (+50) Best British Albums Ever (2004) 49
Sounds (UK) - The Top 80 Albums from the '80s (1989) 33
Stuart Maconie's Critical List on BBC Radio 2 (UK) - One Album Added Each Week No Order
The Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999) 22
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
The Guardian (UK) - The 100 Best Albums Ever (1997) 93
The Observer (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Albums (2004) 54
The Rough Guide - Rock: 100 Essential CDs (1999) No Order
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 65
Adresseavisen (Norway) - The 100 (+23) Best Albums of All Time (1995) 62
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 15
Pop (Sweden) - The World's 100 Best Albums + 300 Complements (1994) 101
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BR Puls (Germany) - Ruhmeshalle (Hall of Fame) No Order
Ralf Niemczyk (Germany) - 25 Albums for Men (2007) No Order
RoRoRo Rock-Lexicon (Germany) - Most Recommended Albums (2003) No Order
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Albums of All Time (2004) 298
Spex (Germany) - The 100 (+17) Albums of the Century (1999) 24
Tempo (Germany) - The 100 Best Albums from the 80's (1989) 11
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 50 Years of Rock'n'Roll (2004) No Order
Rock & Folk (France) - 555 Albums from 1954-2014 (2014) No Order
Juan Vitoria (Spain) - 350 Masterpieces of Contemporary Music to Discover (2005) No Order
Rock de Lux (Spain) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s (1990) 80
Screenagers (Poland) - Top 100 Albums of the 80s (2006) 74
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade B
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) 1 Star
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001) 4 Stars
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 4 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
End of Year Lists
Melody Maker (UK) - Albums of the Year No Order
NME (UK) - Albums of the Year 10