Dum-Dum
by The Vaselines

Dum-Dum by The Vaselines
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 8,533rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (124th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,218th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,533rd)

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The Vaselines bestography

Dum-Dum is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by The Vaselines on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Vaselines is The Way Of The Vaselines which is ranked number 4387 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 327.

The Vaselines album bestography « Higher ranked (4,387th)
The Way Of The Vaselines
This album (8,533rd)
Dum-Dum
Lower ranked (86,050th) »
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Dum-Dum track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Dum-Dum rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,533rd | 1980s rank: 1,218th | 1989 rank: 124th
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2026LittleM1971Top 88 Music Albums of 198931/883
2026 cestuneblagueTop 70 Music Albums of 198942/702
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 19897/504
2026Exist-en-cielTop 65 Music Albums of 198960/650
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198963/1002
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198946/1003
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 1989100/1000
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '80's (201 - 300) by U R C77/100 -
2025monosyllablesTop 97 Greatest Music Albums35/9761
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198951/1003
2025 LadyGodivaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s32/10014
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 100 Music Albums of 198945/1003
2024 Jimmy DreadTop 99 Music Albums of the 1980s90/992
2024WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s (201-300)77/100 -
2024 meccaleccaTop 65 Music Albums of 198955/651
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 198896/100 -
2024Steppenwolf6661989 2nd chart22/63 -
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 198928/1004
2023ElauqsapidTop 12 Music Albums of 19895/123
2021 LadyGodivaTop 100 Greatest Music Albums82/1009
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 31
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 146
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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 35 votes)
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70/100
 
03/18/2026 19:13 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,69570/100
 
95/100
 
11/28/2025 20:41 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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04/29/2025 08:49 LedZep  Ratings distribution  5,01979/100
 
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06/29/2023 02:24 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100
 
80/100
 
05/09/2023 19:38 radiofreedavis  Ratings distribution  14082/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.

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