In The Long Grass
by The Boomtown Rats
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The Boomtown Rats bestography
In The Long Grass is ranked 7th best out of 9 albums by The Boomtown Rats on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Boomtown Rats is The Fine Art Of Surfacing which is ranked number 4244 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 343.
(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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In The Long Grass track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
In The Long Grass rankings
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 |  Squonk007 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1984 | 12/22 | 3 |
| 2025 | martintho | Top 40 Music Albums of 1984 | 20/40 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2019 | Rovers | Top 35 Music Albums of 1984 | 23/35 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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In The Long Grass ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/15/2023 00:50 | Shalvey | 760 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2020 08:50 | Chrispeater | 917 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2020 14:51 | TonyF12345 | 3,407 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2020 10:23 | LosWochos | 47,364 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2019 06:18 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.5/100, a mean average of 60.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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