The Painful Truth
by Skunk Anansie
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Skunk Anansie bestography
The Painful Truth is ranked 8th best out of 10 albums by Skunk Anansie on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Skunk Anansie is Stoosh which is ranked number 4902 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 289.
(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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The Painful Truth track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Painful Truth rankings summary
Overall rank: 58,254th | 2020s rank: 7,324th | 2025 rank: 801st Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  bojolpif71 | Top 38 Music Albums of 2025 | 8/38 | 4 |
| 2026 | tillz | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s | 47/50 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Bach | Skunk Anansie Ranked | 9/9 | - |
| 2025 | Bach | Top 7 Music Albums of 2025 | 2/7 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/26/2025 14:17 | chris75last | 6,825 | 63/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2025 15:45 | bojolpif71 | 14,865 | 58/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2025 02:38 |  Maxence | 12,755 | 61/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 05/23/2025 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2025-05-19) (week 21, 2025)
BestEverAlbums 05/23/2025 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2025-05-19) (week 21, 2025)“Below are a list of new releases added to BEA for the week starting 2025-05-19 (15 albums) Albums released by artists in the top 1,000 this week are: (released 2025-05-23) (released 2025-05-23) Full list of this week's releases: (released 2025-05-23) (released 2025-05-23) (released 2025-05-23)…”
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