Happiness (4AD)
by Lisa Germano
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Lisa Germano bestography
Happiness (4AD) is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Lisa Germano on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lisa Germano is Geek The Girl which is ranked number 1394 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,234.
(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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Happiness (4AD) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Happiness (4AD) 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 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1994 | 40/92 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1993 | 32/100 | - |
| 2025 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 67 Music Albums of 1994 | 35/67 | 2 |
| 2023 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 1994 | 11/20 | 3 |
| 2023 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2022 |  Mercury | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 39/71 | 2 |
| 2022 |  kadupheming | Top 95 Music Albums of 1994 | 37/95 | 3 |
| 2020 | Rovers | Top 30 Music Albums of 1994 | 21/30 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 63 | |||
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Happiness (4AD) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2024 01:48 |  imacgill | 2,838 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2024 16:34 | cicadelic | 13,911 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2023 06:41 |  MadhattanJack | 6,012 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
Forum mentions
MadhattanJack 08/22/2024 19:55 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) DommeDamian 06/10/2023 07:20 in Album of the day (#4554): Geek The Girl by Lisa Germano MadhattanJack 06/09/2023 06:49 in Album of the day (#4554): Geek The Girl by Lisa GermanoHappiness (4AD) comments
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philbutrin 08/22/2014 04:45 | #120074
although i do like the Capitol Records version of this album, i prefer the reworked 4AD version better, and i think lisa certainly found a more suitable home on 4AD than on Capitol. along with Geek The Girl and Excerpts From A Love Circus, i think lisa put together a really strong trio of releases.
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