Stray Cats
by Stray Cats
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Stray Cats bestography
Stray Cats is ranked as the best album by Stray Cats.
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Stray Cats track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Stray Cats rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 33/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 41 Music Albums of 1981 | 25/41 | 2 |
| 2026 | WayneMC | BBC Music Magazine: 1981-The 21 Greatest Albums | 8/21 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 80 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 41 Music Albums of 1981 | 30/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of 1981 by Ultimate Record Collector | 34/55 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 72 Music Albums of 1981 | 22/72 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 69 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 196 | |||
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Stray Cats ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2026 21:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,260 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 19:04 | Olli | 7,940 | 62/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 10:27 | thebfb | 2 | 95/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Stray Cats forum mentions
neilgee 09/11/2025 08:52 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 03/05/2023 19:51 in What music video are you watching right now? neilgee 04/01/2022 22:14 in What album are you listening to right now?Stray Cats comments
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Jboy56 03/01/2024 08:49 | #302311 | TOP COMMENT
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This album rocks, in addition it is great fun and the playing is top notch (Edited)
The important thing to remember is at the time, what they were doing was quite radical. This was a delayed release of the best of two British albums, and the success of "Rock This Town" and "Sexy and 17" did the same thing to them that "I Want You To Want Me" did to Cheap Trick - made them a one-note band, and the success disappointed fans. Both Setzer and Cheap Trick persevered, but it took some time.
timtooky 03/29/2014 11:39 | #107973 | TOP COMMENT
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rockabilly is music for patries! hypnotic and funny, brash and gleeful, sexy and wild. but imo it's definitely live music. it's not 20% the fun listening to it at home on a record.
This is a really underrated album - innovative at the time and breathed new life into rockabilly... pioneers of a genre that didn't need pioneers (Edited)
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