Scoundrel Days (studio album)
by a-ha

Scoundrel Days by a-ha
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 2,369th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 185 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (33rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (357th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,369th)

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a-ha bestography

Scoundrel Days is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by a-ha on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by a-ha is Hunting High And Low which is ranked number 1763 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 958.

a-ha album bestography « Higher ranked (1,763rd)
Hunting High And Low
This album (2,369th)
Scoundrel Days
Lower ranked (6,095th) »
Stay On These Roads

(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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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 185 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.

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75/100
From 10/15/2024 14:01
VEry very good bop
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From 02/11/2021 23:50
Probably A-ha’s best album although Hunting High and Low runs it close. As a follow up to that Album A-ha took a slightly different turn with style. A far heavier and more serious sound compared to their debut, but it worked really well. All songs are decent except Maybe Maybe with Manhattan Skyline and I’ve Been Losing You the standouts.
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100/100
From 08/15/2019 20:50
This is an album/CD I can still listen to in 2019 and still enjoy from start to finish. Favourites are track 3,7 & 10.
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85/100
From 03/21/2019 22:01
For me there isn't a lot to choose between this album and Hunting High and Low. Both are excellent but quite different albums, I would say this one has a slightly harder less pop edge to it. 'Cry Wolf' and 'Manhatten Skyline' are my top tracks.
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From 04/26/2018 15:56
A very typical 80s pop album, I don't hear any identity in this music.
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95/100
From 01/05/2018 15:47
Easily their best album, includes the best song they ever did (Manhattan Skylines) and 8 other great tracks. The only flaw is the boring Maybe Maybe, which is what people who don't like A-ha think A-ha are like, unintelligent pop fluff.
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From 06/12/2017 17:49
Great three first songs
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From 04/23/2016 19:48
This was really hard for me to listen to.
#164358 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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90/100
From 11/26/2013 19:58
Seem to remember this being good and their best. Not heard it in many a year only the stuff on greatest hits which I have on cd. Have this on vinyl must did it out! They are looked on as a.joke band by the cool police who cite the overrated prefab sprout as an 80s highlight and laugh when you mention aha. Btw check john peels online record collection and you will find this amongst the obscurities. Vindication!
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From 10/17/2012 08:51
It's rather not the best a-ha album. The best track; Manhattan Skyline others are under average
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