The Raincoats
by The Raincoats
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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).
The Raincoats rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  foxytreeko | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1970s | 43/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 68/87 | 1 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 52 Music Albums of 1979 | 27/52 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1979 | 23/71 | 3 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 34 Music Albums of 1979 | 29/34 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 50 Music Albums of 1979 | 14/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 88 Music Albums of 1979 | 88/88 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 144 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 613 | |||
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The Raincoats ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/03/2026 20:06 | BurndenAce | 1,335 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2026 01:32 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2026 15:04 |  MagicSix | 1,120 | 60/100 |
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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 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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The Raincoats forum mentions
MadhattanJack 07/22/2025 23:22 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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baystateoftheart 04/27/2023 23:55 in What album are you listening to right now?The Raincoats comments
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SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/12/2014 22:18 | #121829 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
ProfessorSquid 01/08/2013 03:03 | #60688 | TOP COMMENT
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I just saw this on someone's chart the other day. I was aware of, but not familiar with, The Raincoats so I decided to give it a shot. It's definitely my kind of late-70s music. Not bloated, not a touch of disco. Not complex, but not as simplistic as I would have expected.
planetneutral 01/24/2021 13:05 | #264975 | TOP COMMENT
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I like a lot of the sounds, even if the songs themselves are kinda meh.
The single "Fairytale in the supermarket" was only on later re-issues of this album. (Edited)
Missing the opening track, which is also the best on the album ("Fairytale In the Supermarket").
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