Scar (studio album) by Lush

Scar by Lush
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 16,129th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (214th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,194th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,129th)
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Lush Scar Vinyl 6 Track BLACKWING STUDIOS London 1989
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Lush Scar A2 B2 Mpo LP Mini-Album Vinyl Record 1989 JAD 911 4AD - EX/NM
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LUSH - Scar - CD - Single Import - **Mint Condition** - RARE
Condition: Like New


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Lush bestography

Scar is ranked 5th best out of 9 albums by Lush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lush is Split which is ranked number 2330 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 688.

Lush album bestography « Higher ranked (9,436th) This album (16,129th) Lower ranked (26,647th) »
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Scar track list

  Track ratingsTrack 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

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Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:

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YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Lush + Miki Berenyi Trio (UK) - combined - Ranked2/10 -
2025LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 401-5002/100 -
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198965/1002
2025 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s96/1001
2025 PurplepashTop 37 Music Albums of 198910/374
2025LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 198910/864
2025 MadhattanJackTop 70 Music Albums of 19895/705
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 75 Music Albums of 198933/753
2025LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s92/1002
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Lush (UK) not incl.MB Trio - Ranked1/9 -
2025 AAL2014Top 41 Music Albums of 198910/414
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 80's (401 - 500) by U R C69/100 -
2024TastyandTemptinTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s58/1009
2024TastyandTemptinTop 40 Music Albums of 19899/404
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 100 Music Albums of 198960/1002
2024WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1980s (401-500)69/99 -
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: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 31
Total Rank Score: 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 distributionRatings distribution 1,62976/100
 
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12/01/2024 23:06 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,87872/100
 
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09/15/2024 16:38 TonySayers61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 21,43164/100
 
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09/15/2024 15:29 AAL2014  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,24175/100
 
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03/11/2023 02:39 MadhattanJack  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,57566/100

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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
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
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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From 10/31/2012 22:48
Excellent debut. Best tracks: Thoughtforms and Scarlet.
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