The Raincoats (studio album)
by The Raincoats
The Raincoats bestography
The Raincoats is ranked as the best album by The Raincoats.
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The Raincoats track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Raincoats ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | matterhornrider | 4,732 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2025 13:40 | nsanto | 75 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2025 23:50 | TodFitz | 27,288 | 63/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2025 05:18 | jnmayles | 2,025 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2025 21:31 |  Jameth | 3,451 | 68/100 |
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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 76.4/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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teague 09/17/2021 17:12 | #273861
Messy in a very charming way.
planetneutral 01/24/2021 13:05 | #264975
I like a lot of the sounds, even if the songs themselves are kinda meh.
StefanR10 01/03/2021 22:34 | #263787
Very unique like indie rock. I like Off Duty Trip and Lola.
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The term "criminally underrated" was practically coined for this album.
The single "Fairytale in the supermarket" was only on later re-issues of this album.
Missing the opening track, which is also the best on the album ("Fairytale In the Supermarket").
HoldenM 06/11/2015 20:22 | #143591
Solid, and fun. Will revisit.
reverendgreen 01/17/2015 16:54 | #131758
Delightful!
SuedeSwede 09/12/2014 22:18 | #121829
I really like how minimalistic and raw this feels, paired with the screeching, dissonant VU-esque violins in here every so often, it really has this really great quirky vibe to it. I can imagine just a bunch of friends jamming in a garage and thinking "fuck it, let's get it recorded". Also it's pretty cool they're all-female.
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