Wah Wah
by James
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James bestography
Wah Wah is ranked 17th best out of 30 albums by James on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James is Laid which is ranked number 2106 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 790.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Wah Wah track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Wah Wah rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 27 Music Albums of 1994 | 27/27 | 0 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2601-2700* | 32/82 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | James Studio Albums Ranked | 9/9 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1994 | 87/92 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 32/71 | 3 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - James (UK) - Ranked | 15/27 | - |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - James (UK) - Ranked | 15/27 | - |
| 2019 | lylecatcliffe | Top 21 Music Albums of 1994 | 18/21 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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Wah Wah ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 02:08 | eveningson | 46 | 40/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 00:48 | jnmayles | 2,395 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 13:45 | wizardalien | 915 | 47/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.3/100, a mean average of 66.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
Wah Wah forum mentions
meccalecca 09/09/2015 14:52 in Album of the day (#1744): Remain In Light by Talking HeadsView latest topic →
meccalecca 04/19/2015 16:23 in CLOSED Let's Rank 33: Brian EnoWah Wah comments
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Can barely consider this a studio album. It's just a collection of parts of songs that could be good if they actually bothered to write them (like Tomorrow for example which then appeared on Whiplash). I do like the track Pressure's On though.
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