Leader Of The Pack
by The Shangri-Las
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The Shangri-Las bestography
Leader Of The Pack is ranked as the best album by The Shangri-Las.
(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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Leader Of The Pack track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Leader Of The Pack rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1965 | 37/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 41 Music Albums of 1965 | 33/41 | 1 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | My AA Roster: 201-300 All-Time | 12/81 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 40 Music Albums of 1965 | 36/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 75 Music Albums of 1965 | 35/75 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1965 | 24/51 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 91 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 296 | |||
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Leader Of The Pack ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/29/2026 08:21 | cicadelic | 14,114 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2025 11:01 | bigbeans | 272 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2025 17:24 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Leader Of The Pack forum mentions
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tgarritsen 04/05/2019 22:12 | #234554 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is pure fun. It's sounds really early punk-like to my ears the way these girls shout their suggestive lyrics.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/15/2015 15:49 | #136921 | TOP COMMENT
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If all this album did was inspire that analysis by Jack Black in High Fidelity, it would be worth it.
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