The Last Romance
by Arab Strap
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Arab Strap bestography
The Last Romance is ranked 8th 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 4092 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 356.
(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 Last Romance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Last Romance rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 2 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2005 | 50/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  philbutrin | Top 99 Music Albums of 2005 | 91/99 | 0 |
| 2023 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2020 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2017 |  fractaljazz | Top 78 Music Albums of 2005 | 73/78 | 0 |
| 2013 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 31/40 | - | |
| 2012 |  lancashirearab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 5/100 | 19 |
| 2012 |  unwound | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2012 | lancashirearab | Top 27 Music Albums of 2005 | 3/27 | 5 |
| 2010 | Koyaanisqatsi | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 8/20 | - |
| 2005 | Playlouder! | Top 50 Records Of The Year 2005 | 26/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 46 | |||
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The Last Romance ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/05/2025 14:25 | RemainInLight | 3,620 | 35/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2024 18:12 | Tamthebam | 23,146 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2022 04:14 |  Arthurknight | 9,590 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2022 07:41 | cazorla19 | 931 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2021 15:09 | LosWochos | 47,361 | 75/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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lancashirearab 06/27/2012 05:57 | #45424
Who would of thought that anything out of Falkirk would be better than the Falkirk Wheel (Look it up on Youtube).
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