IRM
by Charlotte Gainsbourg
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Charlotte Gainsbourg bestography
IRM is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Charlotte Gainsbourg on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Charlotte Gainsbourg is Rest which is ranked number 4653 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 307.
(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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IRM track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
IRM rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 80 Music Albums of 2009 | 28/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Me Hace Ruido Lo mejor de 2010 Discos en inglés | 14/30 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 60 Music Albums of 2009 | 51/60 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 27 Music Albums of 2009 | 13/27 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Delusions of Adequacy The Best Albums of 2010 | 18/50 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1401-1500 | 82/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Best Of 2010 | 18/53 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 64 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 150 | |||
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IRM ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/01/2026 18:49 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2025 13:27 | TonySayers61 | 25,466 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2025 13:43 | Hyggevinyl | 4,462 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Forum mentions
Romanelli 07/04/2023 12:02 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Mutations Romanelli 05/11/2021 00:31 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 02/28/2021 19:52 in What album are you listening to right now?IRM comments
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Brad1770 11/13/2019 08:06 | #244763 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm a big fan of her old man's work and this album proves the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
It's only her 3rd album but what an accomplished piece of art 'IRM' (A french derivation for MRI Brain Scanner) is with wonderful tracks from top to bottom
There's the slow groove of "Master's Hand" , the techno feel of title track "IRM" and "Greenwich Mean Time" , the sexy all french "Le Chat du Cafe" and "La Collectionneuse", the Beatle-esque "In The End" , the pop sensibilities of "Heaven Can Wait" , "Me And Jane Doe" and "Time Of The Assassins" have an Indy feel to them , the lush strings of "Vanities" , "Trick Pony" is sensual to a tee and "Dandelion" could have been Marc Bolan.
One of the previous poster's states this is the greatest record ever , I wouldn't go that far but I do simply adore this album , it's an under appreciated masterpiece
ExTeaSea 12/05/2018 16:21 | #226254 | TOP COMMENT
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It's really really good. Love her sound.
I didn't expect much, but this album blew my mind. It's one of the greatest albums ever freakin' recorded.
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