Scars & Stories (studio album)
by The Fray
The Fray bestography
Scars & Stories is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by The Fray on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Fray is How To Save A Life which is ranked number 4682 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 298.
(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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Scars & Stories track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Scars & Stories rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | tim0505 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | tim0505 | Top 11 Music Albums of 2012 | 10/11 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2020 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 63 Music Albums of 2012 | 56/63 | 1 |
| 2019 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 25 Music Albums of 2012 | 24/25 | 0 |
| 2016 | labvakar | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s | 30/50 | 8 |
| 2012 | BilboBaggs | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 10/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 14 | |||
Scars & Stories collection
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Scars & Stories ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/21/2024 01:38 | Taka | 1,058 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2019 16:22 | tim0505 | 4,341 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2019 18:10 | Strattonfox | 1,815 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2018 22:18 | PanheadWarrior | 1,624 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2018 18:56 | jlinville | 895 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.9/100, a mean average of 62.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.9.
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RockyRaccoon 07/10/2013 14:23 | #80955
At this point, you know what you’re going to get for an album by The Fray. At first they were interesting, somewhat different, but now they’re starting to grow stale. A band needs to change and progress over time. The same thing has happened with Daughtry. At first they were interesting, but now after doing the same thing for three albums, it’s getting boring and predictable. This whole album is just soaring with mediocrity. The songs aren’t terrible by any stretch, but they certainly aren’t good. If you happen to already be a big fan of The Fray, you’ll probably enjoy this album as it is not different from their past two.
This album is good but not their best piece of work. The good thing about The Fray is that they are staying true to their original sound. Great piano melodies wiith nicely produced music. But there is nothing special about this album, it's lead single 'heartbeat' is average and I think a better single could of been chosen. Some of my favourites are 'I can barely say', '1961' and 'The Fighter'. Worth buying though.
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