International Velvet (studio album)
by Catatonia

International Velvet by Catatonia
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 5,894th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 44 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (97th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (965th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,894th)

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International Velvet is ranked as the best album by Catatonia.

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International Velvet track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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International Velvet rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,894th | 1990s rank: 965th | 1998 rank: 97th

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International Velvet ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 44 votes)
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05/27/2025 21:40 AledJames   1,43368/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.

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95/100
From 06/25/2023 19:32 | #297790
Oh, I love the way the album ends, the final 3 tunes are immense. Strange Glue might be Cerys’ best vocal.
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Goes downhill after the first 5 tracks.
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