Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
by Happy Mondays

Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-11-05
Overall rank: 1,072nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 390 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1990 (15th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (206th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,072nd)

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Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches is ranked as the best album by Happy Mondays.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,072nd | 1990s rank: 206th | 1990 rank: 15th
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2026Rm12398Top 19 Music Albums of 199012/192
2026 xo66Top 100 Greatest Music Albums75/10026
2026 covecoveTop 90 Music Albums of 19908/905
2026Foxforce5Top 27 Music Albums of 19905/274
2026matterhornriderTop 45 Music Albums of 19902/455
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s27/10015
2026 eclabTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s99/1000
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest British Albums49/100 -
2026TuurTop 100 Greatest Music Albums92/1009
2026fabm0List 199058/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist)52/100 -
2026Foxforce5Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s28/10015
2026MrumpTop 19 Music Albums of 19909/193
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s16/10017
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s16/10017
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)23/100 -
2026 RomanelliTop 89 Music Albums of 199041/893
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 199049/500
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums74/10027
2026SkernsTop 69 Music Albums of 199054/691
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 314
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,619
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 390 votes)
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02/21/2026 13:11 bjorndedrij  Ratings distribution  13762/100
 
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02/13/2026 01:05 CharlieBarley  Ratings distribution  3,25181/100
 
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02/10/2026 07:54 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  2,62884/100
 
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12/31/2025 21:10 DJStuart79  Ratings distribution  5,90858/100
 
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12/16/2025 07:21 mash  Ratings distribution  1,43388/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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60/100
From 07/08/2025 03:39 | #309970
Catchy, decent music but I'm not very impressed. I'd much rather hear Bummed as it contains several varied and compelling musical elements which really captivated me. "Dennis and Lois" was as close as this came to doing that.
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70/100
From 05/13/2024 01:20 | #303489
The most iconic album from Madchester other than the Stone Roses Debut. Pretty meh tbh once you get past Step On and Kinky Afro. One of those bands where the Greatest Hits comp is your best bet.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 04/02/2022 06:18 | #283722
This is the album to play to anyone who needs to understand the "Manchester sound." Definitive and just great fun!
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Rating:  
55/100
From 01/25/2022 19:53 | #280078
Peak Madchester. Step On and especially Kinky Afro are magnificent. God's Cop, Donovan and Bob's Yer Uncle are cool too.

"Son I'm thirty, I only went with your mother cause she's dirty"
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60/100
From 01/03/2021 15:29 | #263758
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From 07/20/2019 18:09 | #240050
Favorite Tracks:Grandbag's Funeral, Bob's Yer Uncle
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From 05/29/2019 04:32 | #236863
always heard about the name of the band but that's about it I was surprised to hear this album does not stop beginning to end its a fun listen
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75/100
From 09/16/2018 11:34 | #221146
Only got round to getting this 90's classic in 2016 - I liked their singles at the time. Kinky Afro, Loose Fit and Holiday are all great tracks, but the highlight is the China Girl inspired "Step On" - yes that is right, listen to the bass in the verse and it matches up tightly to Pop/Bowie China Girl
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85/100
From 02/26/2018 02:50 | #209640
Highly underrated!
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From 03/27/2017 19:54 | #188260
Play this album and you will have a good party!
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