Word Gets Around
by Stereophonics
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Word Gets Around is ranked as the best album by Stereophonics.
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Word Gets Around track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Word Gets Around rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1997 by Radio X | 20/25 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Debut Albums | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | Top 63 Music Albums of 1997 | 16/63 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 53/100 | 48 |
| 2026 | ornot27 | Top 89 Music Albums of the 1990s | 89/89 | 0 |
| 2026 | djirons | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 25 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Stereophonics Studio Albums Ranked | 2/12 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 76 Music Albums of 1997 | 65/76 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 51/93 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 125 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 784 | |||
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Word Gets Around ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/28/2026 14:04 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,564 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 15:52 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 18:23 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 01/23/2026 09:23 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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A massively underrated album. I feel it’s probably been dismissed by the critics because of the poor standard of the majority of other Stereophonics albums. I absolutely loved it when it came and it’s stood the test of time.
Top songs -
A Thousand Trees
Local Boy in the Photograph
Traffic
Too Many Sandwiches
Billy Davey’s Daughter (Edited)
A promising debut, A Thousand Trees and Local Boy In the Photograph are awesome. The rest of the album has lots of interesting lyrics but I find a lot of the tracks quite samey. A pleasant listen though but the best was yet to come. (Edited)
Goliath 03/17/2018 14:15 | #211116 | TOP COMMENT
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One of my favourite albums, Local Boy in the Photograph is the best track. (Edited)
Another classic Stereophonics these guys know how its done 'Too Many Sandwiches,Traffic,Local Boy In The Photograph best here.
Cymro2011 04/27/2013 17:50 | #74578 | TOP COMMENT
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Great debut album, the town these guys come from is a 10 minute drive my house.
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