Fun And Games
by The Connells
The Connells bestography
Fun And Games is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by The Connells on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Connells is Ring which is ranked number 16009 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 70.
(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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Fun And Games track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fun And Games rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  buzzdainer | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 22 |
| 2024 | buzzdainer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2024 | dhbarrett | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2023 | dhbarrett | Top 25 Music Albums of 1989 | 9/25 | 3 |
| 2021 | buzzdainer | Top 33 Music Albums of 1989 | 3/33 | 5 |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2020 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2015 | dkfitz1 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 19/40 | - |
| 2012 | dolfancmf | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 31/40 | - |
| 1989 | WOXY.com | The 97 Best Of 1989 | 53/92 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 57 | |||
Fun And Games collection
Fun And Games ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29/2025 00:38 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 | |
| 09/12/2024 08:14 | TonySayers61 | 24,745 | 64/100 | |
| 06/01/2024 21:58 | cicadelic | 13,004 | 73/100 | |
| 02/19/2023 21:51 | Moondance | 20,509 | 72/100 | |
| 05/29/2022 18:55 | dhbarrett | 8,489 | 65/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 26.1.
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buzzdainer 11/16/2019 15:14 | #244920
I first heard Fun and Games during the fall semester of my freshman year of college, when a guy from Atlanta who lived downstairs from me in my freshman dorm couldn't stop raving about it, and about the Connells more generally. The band was a sensation on college radio at the time, and were all the rage in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They were "fratty," as another buddy of mine has said more recently. Yet what strikes me, listening to this album all these many years later, is how sweet, melodic, and sensitive these alternative rock songs are--sort of the antithesis of the fraternity scene of their origins. The Connells were never brilliant lyricists, but they more than make up for it with memorable melodies and guitar hooks you'll carry around with you for the rest of the day.
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