Paper Monsters
by Dave Gahan
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Paper Monsters is ranked as the best album by Dave Gahan.
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Paper Monsters track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Paper Monsters 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 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 96 Music Albums of the 2000s | 96/96 | 0 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 64 Music Albums of 2003 | 59/64 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - August 2025 | 3/20 | - |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 62 Music Albums of 2003 | 28/62 | 3 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 25 Music Albums of 2003 | 8/25 | 4 |
| 2021 | mlgprounicorn | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2020 | Kreator82 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 81/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 73 | |||
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Paper Monsters ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/12/2026 22:07 | serpico | 909 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/28/2023 01:18 |  NoisyBeast | 13,315 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2023 14:27 | RemainInLight | 3,794 | 36/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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pedro1976 08/24/2025 21:38 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Ulysses60 11/04/2016 21:54 in What album are you listening to right now?Paper Monsters comments
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serpico 06/12/2026 22:16 | #314906
Buen disco debut de Dave Gahan como solista y como compositor, este disco era lo que le hacía falta a Dave para poder aportar sus canciones a Depeche Mode y sale bien librado, tiene buenas canciones como Dirty Sticky Floors o I Need You. (Edited)
santropez 05/01/2019 19:04 | #235718
Such an underrated album by Dave Gahan.
In my opinion, better than Hourglass.
santropez 04/15/2019 23:27 | #235036
Favourite track: "A Little Piece"
Least-liked track: "Dirty Sticky Floors"
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