Love Is Hell
by Kitchens Of Distinction
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Kitchens Of Distinction bestography
Love Is Hell is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Kitchens Of Distinction on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kitchens Of Distinction is Strange Free World which is ranked number 6954 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 188.
(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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Love Is Hell track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Love Is Hell 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 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 47/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 16 Music Albums of 1989 | 4/16 | 4 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 24 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 87 Music Albums of 1989 | 57/87 | 2 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1989 | 23/26 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1989 | 22/89 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 90 Music Albums of 1989 | 32/90 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 74 Music Albums of 1989 | 16/74 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 164 | |||
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Love Is Hell ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/27/2026 07:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,246 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2025 12:42 | Cheboygan74 | 1,289 | 52/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2023 08:40 |  MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Love Is Hell forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5397): By Cheboygan74View latest topic →
imacgill 04/13/2025 21:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Repo 11/14/2023 03:20 in What album are you listening to right now?View all forum mentions
Love Is Hell comments
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Secondsoul 12/22/2012 17:09 | #58593 | TOP COMMENT
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Wonderful album, the band's best work imo. Check out "Prize" if you haven't heard it. Amazing track!
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/05/2012 12:57 | #47840 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the first band's to shape the shoegazer sound, it's saddening to note how KOD have become lost in the annals of time, even more saddenning is how much they had to say.
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