Scar
by Lush

Scar by Lush
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 16,493rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 25 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (224th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (2,205th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,493rd)

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Scar is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by Lush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lush is Split which is ranked number 2195 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 752.

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Scar track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Scar rankings summary
Overall rank: 16,493rd | 1980s rank: 2,205th | 1989 rank: 224th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
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2026 AAL2014Top 50 Music Albums of 198911/504
2026 MadhattanJackTop 74 Music Albums of 19895/745
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 85 Music Albums of 198933/853
2026LittleM1971Top 88 Music Albums of 198910/884
2026TastyandTemptinTop 47 Music Albums of 19899/474
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s98/1001
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 401-5007/100 -
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198966/1002
2025 PurplepashTop 39 Music Albums of 198910/394
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 80's (401 - 500) by U R C69/100 -
2025LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s94/1001
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Lush (UK) not incl.MB Trio - Ranked1/9 -
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Lush + Miki Berenyi Trio (UK) - combined - Ranked2/10 -
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 100 Music Albums of 198960/1002
2024WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s (401-500)69/99 -
2024TastyandTemptinTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s58/1009
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 198939/1003
2022 craolaTop 20 Music Albums of 19895/204
2021WayneMCTop 78 Music Albums of 198933/783
2021Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 198967/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 31
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 68
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Scar ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 25 votes)
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04/27/2025 03:35 Sumbody  Ratings distribution  1,88776/100
 
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12/01/2024 23:06 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,17672/100
 
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09/15/2024 16:38 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,98564/100
 
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09/15/2024 15:29 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  4,04275/100
 
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03/11/2023 02:39 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,96966/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 80.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.


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From 07/16/2017 06:51 | #194397
This album is so underrated. It's amazing how they could put together an ethereal vibe but still sound like rock. It's dreamy but it's dense and complicated.
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90/100
From 11/16/2014 18:01 | #127174
Gorgeous little record by an overlooked underrated band. The songs are sweet and delicate, and maybe they never bettered this on the long, ultimately traumatic road thay took through 'shoegaze' and 'Brit Pop', but for this brief shining moment they were beautiful and rich with promise.
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90/100
From 10/31/2012 22:48 | #53823
Excellent debut. Best tracks: Thoughtforms and Scarlet.
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