Modern Lovers 88
by Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
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Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers bestography
Modern Lovers 88 is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by The Modern Lovers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Modern Lovers is The Modern Lovers which is ranked number 494 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,458.
(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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Modern Lovers 88 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Modern Lovers 88 rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  pavelthevelvet | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 88/99 | 2 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 28/50 | 2 |
| 2022 |  drstuey | Top 45 Music Albums of 1988 | 36/45 | 1 |
| 2020 |  discojets1 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2020 |  gerhard | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 1/40 | 38 |
| 2020 |  StefanR10 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1988 | 92/99 | 0 |
| 2018 | kevinrob4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2018 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2014 | vmp | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 27/50 | 2 |
| 1988 | Rockdelux | RockdeLux Discos internationales 1988 | 59/60 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 58 | |||
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Modern Lovers 88 ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/10/2025 23:29 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2023 15:35 | TonySayers61 | 25,152 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2022 09:13 | pavelthevelvet | 625 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2022 17:48 | LosWochos | 47,365 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2022 11:39 | drstuey | 2,709 | 73/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
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