To The Happy Few
by Medicine
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Medicine bestography
To The Happy Few is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Medicine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Medicine is Shot Forth Self Living which is ranked number 16946 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 66.
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To The Happy Few track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
To The Happy Few rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  imacgill | Beautiful Noise - Best Shoegaze | 91/100 | - |
| 2018 |  Tha1ChiefRocka | Top 92 Music Albums of 2013 | 61/92 | 2 |
| 2017 |  CellarDoor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2016 |  philbutrin | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2015 | philbutrin | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 20/100 | - |
| 2014 | philbutrin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2013 | Loud And Quiet | Albums of the year 2013 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2013 | VICE | Top 50 Albums of 2013 | 11/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 39 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/22/2020 12:32 | LittleM1971 | 6,001 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2020 03:41 | ushutdhellup | 39 | 55/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2017 01:04 | Mark6313 | 848 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.2/100, a mean average of 66.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.2.
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Tha1ChiefRocka 06/26/2017 15:59 in Chart talkTo The Happy Few comments
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philbutrin 08/31/2014 18:12 | #120868
when i heard that the original medicine lineup was going to release a new album, i was hopeful but skeptical. i had no idea that it would end up being better than any of the albums they released back in the 90's. this is an album that rewards repeated listening, because there is so much going on -- so many layers of sound -- that there's always a new detail to notice. although medicine usually gets labeled as "shoegaze" by default, i think their sound bears a stronger tie to 70's psychedelia.
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