Love Stinks (studio album) by The J. Geils Band

Love Stinks by The J. Geils Band
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 25,197th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 34 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (332nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,250th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,197th)
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The J. Geils Band bestography

Love Stinks is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by The J. Geils Band on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The J. Geils Band is Freeze-Frame which is ranked number 4325 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 328.

The J. Geils Band album bestography « Higher ranked (24,588th) This album (25,197th) Lower ranked (42,454th) »
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Love Stinks track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 34 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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From 01/12/2024 22:33
Who knew Blues Rock and New Wave could blend this well?
J. Geils, that's who.

Includes the singles,
Come Back - US #32
Love Stinks - US #38
Just Can't Wait - US #78
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