Brain Drain
by Ramones

Brain Drain by Ramones
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 17,093rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 52 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (229th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,273rd)
Award Best albums of all time (17,093rd)

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Ramones bestography

Brain Drain is ranked 12th best out of 28 albums by Ramones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ramones is Ramones which is ranked number 229 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,877.

Ramones album bestography « Higher ranked (13,170th)
Ramones Mania
This album (17,093rd)
Brain Drain
Lower ranked (17,740th) »
Halfway To Sanity

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Brain Drain rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 17,093rd | 1980s rank: 2,273rd | 1989 rank: 229th

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Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 52 votes)
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02/28/2026 05:25 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,53873/100
 
65/100
 
10/12/2025 07:01 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,89266/100
 
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06/02/2025 11:27 nsanto  Ratings distribution  9082/100
 
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01/26/2025 16:16 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,98273/100
 
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09/19/2024 12:35 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,72464/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.5/100, a mean average of 66.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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75/100
From 01/11/2021 21:07 | #264211
The rating of this album on this website is wack. (69)
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From 06/28/2019 02:39 | #238508
Best Ramones album since End of the Century. Highly underrated.
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90/100
From 07/08/2017 22:25 | #193943
Great Album includes two of the Ramones best cuts in "I Believe in Miracles" and "Pet Sematary" Highly Enjoyable!
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80/100
From 12/23/2014 16:57 | #130002
Best Ramones album since Pleasant Dreams.
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From 01/11/2013 05:56 | #61056
Pet Sematary is one of the best songs ever.
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