The Week Never Starts Round Here
by Arab Strap

The Week Never Starts Round Here by Arab Strap
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-11-25
Overall rank: 8,964th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 29 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (172nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,429th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,964th)

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Arab Strap bestography

The Week Never Starts Round Here is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Arab Strap on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Arab Strap is As Days Get Dark which is ranked number 4094 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 356.

Arab Strap album bestography « Higher ranked (7,362nd)
Philophobia
This album (8,964th)
The Week Never Starts Round Here
Lower ranked (10,758th) »
Monday At The Hug & Pint

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The Week Never Starts Round Here track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Week Never Starts Round Here rankings

The Week Never Starts Round Here rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,964th | 1990s rank: 1,429th | 1996 rank: 172nd  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
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2026 TamthebamTop 95 Music Albums of 199667/952
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199695/1000
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 199691/1001
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s89/1002
2026LittleM1971Top 90 Music Albums of 199611/904
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 601-70060/100 -
2025 bojolpif71Top 100 Music Albums of 199642/1003
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 199625/1004
2024 meccaleccaTop 63 Music Albums of 199647/631
2024 Graeme2Top 70 Music Albums of 199650/702
2024 SingingPeasant96Top 49 Music Albums of 199638/491
2024RikuffTop 100 Greatest Music Albums27/10061
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 199662/1002
2024Stevo796Top 17 Music Albums of 199613/171
2020panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 199653/1002
2019Dayved00Top 29 Music Albums of 199623/291
2017 Robert Anton WilsonTop of the Prog II: 1989 and Beyond ...25/72 -
2017 fractaljazzTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s25/10015
2017 fractaljazzTop 100 Greatest Music Albums79/1002
2017 fractaljazzTop 45 Music Albums of 19965/455
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 137
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 29 votes)
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06/09/2026 19:26 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,60235/100
 
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04/25/2026 22:08 Robert Anton Wil  Ratings distribution  1,14984/100
 
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04/13/2026 16:34 gmessian  Ratings distribution  38560/100
 
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12/26/2025 17:30 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,38997/100
 
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02/10/2025 10:21 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  25,12464/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.


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From 10/22/2021 08:00 | #275260
TBC…

Album Rating:
( /13)

1. "Coming Down" - 75
2. "The Clearing" - 76
3. "Driving" - 72
4. "Gourmet" - 70
5. "I Work in a Saloon"
6. "Wasting"
7. "General Plea to a Girlfriend"
8. "The First Big Weekend"
9. "Kate Moss"
10. "Little Girls"
11. "Phone Me Tonight"
12. "Blood"
13. "Deeper"
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Rating:  
45/100
Scottish accent everyday slice of life narratives over low-key post-rock guitar noodlings.
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