Gold Mother (studio album)
by James

Gold Mother by James
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 7,632nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 69 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (104th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,255th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,632nd)

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James bestography

Gold Mother is ranked 3rd best out of 29 albums by James on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by James is Laid which is ranked number 2077 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 788.

James album bestography « Higher ranked (4,438th)
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This album (7,632nd)
Gold Mother
Lower ranked (9,224th) »
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Gold Mother track list

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 69 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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90/100
From 12/11/2023 21:22
Album Rating: 83.60
(836/10) - original tracklisting
(1,014/12) - with extra bonus tracks

04.06.1990

James (UK): Gold Mother

Difficult to rate due to the different versions / track listings. Rating based on original 1990 release.

1.Come Home. 87
2.Government Walls. 99
3.God Only Knows. 73
4.You Can't Tell How Much Suffering (On A Face That's Always Smiling). 73
5.Crescendo. 80
6.How Was It For You? 76
7.Hang On. 88
8.Walking The Ghost. 98
9.Gold Mother. 79
10.Top Of The World. 83

Bonus:
11. Sit Down. 84
12. Lose Control. 94
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50/100
From 02/08/2022 16:35
Didn't realise the original didn't contain Sit Down, which obviously improves the album when added. Walking The Ghost is probably my 2nd favourite James song and definitely in my top 100. I also like Government Walls and How Was It For You?
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85/100
From 06/13/2013 07:28
One of my favourite albums ever at the time of release. Then they released another version 18 months later with Sit Down on. I bought that too
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70/100
From 11/01/2012 00:01
Essential Madchester album and the soundtrack to the glorious summer of 1990.
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