Beautiful Future
by Primal Scream
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Primal Scream bestography
Beautiful Future is ranked 13th best out of 26 albums by Primal Scream on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Primal Scream is Screamadelica which is ranked number 312 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,285.
(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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Beautiful Future track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Beautiful Future rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2008 by The Observer (Incomplete) | 12/14 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Junkmedia Best Albums 2008 | 19/23 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 94 Music Albums of 2008 | 87/94 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 49 Music Albums of 2008 | 25/49 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Music Australia Guide Best Albums 2008 | 45/50 | - |
| 2025 |  pedro1976 | Primal Scream, my ranking | 9/14 | - |
| 2024 | pedro1976 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | pedro1976 | Top 27 Music Albums of 2008 | 9/27 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Beautiful Future ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 15:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,304 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 15:17 | Leginlists | 3,844 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/16/2025 02:17 | PapaShiz86 | 11,809 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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Beautiful Future forum mentions
pedro1976 04/13/2026 17:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 12/18/2023 10:59 in What album are you listening to right now?Beautiful Future comments
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I'll tell you what "Beautiful Future" is... a solid pop-rock album. Yes, it could have sounded much darker and more interesting, but it succeeds in being catchy and simply a lot of fun, well more than the middling "Riot City Blues" anyway. If you can get past Gillespie's sometimes preachy nature then it's definitely worth checking out. (Edited)
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/06/2018 04:45 | #204683
This is PS's 9th studio album. (Edited)
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