It's A Shame About Ray (studio album)
by The Lemonheads

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 1,586th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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77/100 (from 238 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (25th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (291st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,586th)

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 238 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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90/100
From 08/07/2025 02:12
I like their jangly sound, they have a lot of guitar overdubs happening and it works. Nice baselines, and sweet guy-girl vocals on several tracks. Also they keep the tracks brief so the hooks and melodies come at you non-stop throughout the album.
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85/100
From 03/07/2022 11:21
A fun, feel-good, and uplifting album. a Breath of fresh air
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75/100
From 11/23/2021 22:24
Starts well then kind of tails off and sounds very much the same the rest of the way. Not bad but not ground breaking. Enjoyable when your in the mood. The copy I have finish's with their cover of 'Mrs Robinson' which rounded it up nicely.
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70/100
From 10/21/2021 06:52
It is ok, a little bit boring after a couple of songs.
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65/100
From 02/03/2021 18:16
Wouldn't call it spectacular, but it provides tons of fun anyway.
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From 07/20/2019 17:55
Favorite Tracks:It's A Shame About Ray, My Drug Buddy, Bit Part, Hannah And Gabi, Mrs. Robinson
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80/100
From 12/31/2018 14:32
Short and sweet (under 30 mins). No bad tracks, not very original but very catchy. Mrs Robinson (an extra track on later issues) is great.
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From 04/27/2018 19:27
Solid 90's record. Underrated.
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90/100
From 12/22/2016 11:13
Hugely underrated! A good-time album for me, ie. I put this on whenever I need to be in a good mood.
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85/100
From 11/12/2014 08:21
Good power pop/alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 86,2/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Mostly good to very good songs contained, I like the sound and album is normal in variety. Best songs are "It's a shame..." and "Buddy" both 90/100, followed by "Rockin Stroll", "Confetti", "Rudderless" and "The turnpike down" all 85/100. My CD also includes the coversong "Mrs. Robinson" as song 13, I'm rating it 85/100 too.
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