Shadows
by Teenage Fanclub
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Teenage Fanclub bestography
Shadows is ranked 6th best out of 14 albums by Teenage Fanclub on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Teenage Fanclub is Bandwagonesque which is ranked number 1122 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,554.
(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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Shadows track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Shadows rankings
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Shadows ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/03/2025 09:20 | TonySayers61 | 25,378 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2025 02:08 |  Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2025 23:03 | PapaShiz86 | 11,660 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2024 07:56 | Tuur | 954 | 67/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2024 19:55 |  dihansse | 6,366 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.2.
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Shadows comments
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drstuey 03/28/2021 13:15 | #267875 | TOP COMMENT
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This is my least favourite of their proper albums (I don't count the King as a proper album) as there is too much low-key ballads and not enough up-tempo. Also, the lead single, Baby Lee, while joyously catchy, does have quite the creepy incel stalker aspect to the lyrics which is unfortunate. Norman apparently wrote the song as part of an amateur song-writing workshop he was teaching so maybe that explains it.
La la la, but good
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