Automatic
by The Jesus And Mary Chain
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The Jesus And Mary Chain bestography
Automatic is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by The Jesus And Mary Chain on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Jesus And Mary Chain is Psychocandy which is ranked number 298 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,477.
(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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Automatic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Automatic rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 47 Music Albums of 1989 | 18/47 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 74 Music Albums of 1989 | 30/74 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 18/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 39 Music Albums of 1989 | 8/39 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 113 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 343 | |||
Automatic collection
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Automatic ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/23/2026 14:36 | mostlymor | 7,008 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 17:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,615 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 22:04 |  serpico | 907 | 85/100 |
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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 is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
Automatic favourites
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Forum mentions
dihansse 06/07/2023 19:33 in My discoveries per year
Romanelli 04/12/2023 22:30 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?Automatic comments
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Says a lot about the excellence of "Psychocandy" & "Darklands" that I found an album this good a disappointment ?? (Edited)
Brandon8 12/05/2018 04:46 | #226216 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is definitely my favorite from the group and that’s high praise since I consider Psycho Candy a classic. This is a great album throughout especially Blues From A Gun, Head On & Take It.
An impressive third record from JAMC that feels revitalised and is filled to the brim with really good, crowd-pleasing pop-rock tracks. The disdain is really quite unfair because although it can't live upto the exceptionally high bar set by "Psychocandy" & "Darklands", this one holds its own.
Brad1770 01/02/2018 06:12 | #204388
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Some really good songs but it's all let down by the horrible 80's drum machine for me. The Pixies version of Head On shows how good this album could've been.
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