It's A Shame About Ray
by The Lemonheads
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It's A Shame About Ray is ranked as the best album by The Lemonheads.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/26/2026 15:21 |  Tamthebam | 23,225 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 01:26 | NiceLemon282 | 79 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 18:18 | Jakor | 5,474 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2026 15:51 | Tuur | 952 | 67/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2026 20:18 | Bizzbizz | 79 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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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. (Edited)
Jboy56 03/07/2022 11:21 | #282456
A fun, feel-good, and uplifting album. a Breath of fresh air
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.
It is ok, a little bit boring after a couple of songs.
Wouldn't call it spectacular, but it provides tons of fun anyway.
Favorite Tracks:It's A Shame About Ray, My Drug Buddy, Bit Part, Hannah And Gabi, Mrs. Robinson
Goliath 12/31/2018 14:32 | #228380
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.
Solid 90's record. Underrated.
desh79 12/22/2016 11:13 | #180712
Hugely underrated! A good-time album for me, ie. I put this on whenever I need to be in a good mood.
Eastwood 11/12/2014 08:21 | #126758 | TOP COMMENT
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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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