It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah!
by Black Grape

It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah! by Black Grape
Year: 1995
Release date: 1995-08-07
Overall rank: 3,685th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 78 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (66th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (600th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,685th)

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Overall rank: 3,685th | 1990s rank: 600th | 1995 rank: 66th
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2026 EyeKanFlyTop 98 Music Albums of 199514/984
2026Foxforce5Top 29 Music Albums of 19958/294
2026Foxforce5301 -21/61 -
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 199533/1003
2026 neilgeeTop 32 Music Albums of 19952/325
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s16/10017
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums43/10056
2026 MadhattanJackTop 67 Music Albums of 199565/670
2026 Graeme2Top 100 Music Albums of 199523/1004
2026matterhornriderTop 45 Music Albums of 199526/452
2026JohnnyoIndie albums of the year 1995 by Radio X17/25 -
2026cicadelicQ magazine Recordings Of The Year 199512/50 -
2025TroutMaskGregTop 20 Music Albums of 19952/205
2025iasoninhoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums68/10029
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199555/1002
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '90's (301 - 400) by U R C67/100 -
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 199579/1001
2025 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s5/10019
2025mikepenTop 56 Music Albums of the 1990s30/5610
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 199554/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 97
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 401
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76/100 (from 78 votes)
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04/20/2026 14:10 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,75370/100
 
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04/18/2026 14:28 zrommeke  Ratings distribution  2488/100
 
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01/24/2026 07:08 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,37379/100
 
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10/01/2025 03:23 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,15933/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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70/100
From 01/14/2026 09:41 | #312609
Shortlisted for the 1996 Mercury Music Prize. The Winner was Different Class by Pulp
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From 06/19/2024 05:45 | #304009
Personally think this beats anything Shaun did with the Happy Mondays are they were a great band
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From 11/14/2018 10:22 | #224904
It's all OK, nothing special, missing a stand out track.
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From 12/28/2015 21:13 | #155289
I forgot how much I liked this album. There is an underlying groove which makes up for some of the repetitive content. Side A is stronger than side B. Different to Happy Mondays but it was this album that got me to buy their back catalogue. Overall this is my favourite Shaun Ryder album.
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From 06/11/2015 16:37 | #143582
Very underrated here.One of the british classics that stands the test of time.
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