The Snake
by Shane MacGowan And The Popes
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Shane MacGowan And The Popes bestography
The Snake is ranked as the best album by Shane MacGowan And The Popes.
(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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The Snake track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Snake rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1994 | 32/50 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 201-300 | 41/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Dankel | Celtic Punk | 26/100 | - |
| 2026 | Dankel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1994 | 71/99 | 1 |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Dankel | Top 35 Music Albums of 1994 | 8/35 | 4 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Recently Departed: 2023 | 13/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 26 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 63 | |||
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The Snake ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/28/2022 03:59 | Shalvey | 760 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2021 04:48 | cestuneblague | 8,258 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2021 19:39 |  FreakWolfenstein | 3,969 | 71/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
Forum mentions
Romanelli 02/20/2026 14:05 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 11/12/2023 19:03 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 08/10/2023 12:58 in What album are you listening to right now?The Snake comments
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