Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
by Happy Mondays
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Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches is ranked as the best album by Happy Mondays.
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Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 45 Music Albums of 1990 | 2/45 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1201-1300 | 56/100 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 42 Music Albums of 1990 | 12/42 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1990 | 15/86 | 4 |
| 2026 | BraddlesHendo | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 85/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000) | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 | BurndenAce | Top 75 Music Albums of the 1990s | 52/75 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 324 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,643 | |||
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Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 08:19 | Juneof44 | 2,633 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2026 10:30 | ornot27 | 333 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 18:24 | Jonboy | 148 | 79/100 |
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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 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026View latest topic →
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Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches comments
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Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/06/2012 16:30 | #50110 | TOP COMMENT
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"Members who like this album also like: Screamadelica by Primal Scream, The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses".. This time, very correct!
ButterThumbz TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/18/2015 10:40 | #141734 | TOP COMMENT
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The soundtrack to all best bits of every great party you ever went to, at least that's how I remember it.
ShaneSpear TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/30/2011 12:20 | #22453 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm on the other side of the fence as Chrisey22. I think the second half of the album outshines the first half by a wide margin. The final three songs were the best ones on the album, and the very ending in whole was pretty classic as well. Right when I thought I had a handle on the album, it --
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
mayonaise93 01/21/2010 20:34 | #8525 | TOP COMMENT
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Very consistent yet sleazy album. There's no real highlights or tracks that stand out from the pack except for the signature track "Kinky Afro". But you can't really criticise this album as it's so incredibly charming and infectious.
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