Cowboy
by Erasure
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Erasure bestography
Cowboy is ranked 15th best out of 31 albums by Erasure on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Erasure is The Innocents which is ranked number 5078 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 276.
(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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Cowboy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cowboy 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 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 35/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 61 Music Albums of 1997 | 35/61 | 2 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Erasure (UK) - Ranked | 29/30 | - |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2018 | Benji1234 | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 16/20 | 3 |
| 2013 | franktalus | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 12/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Cowboy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/09/2022 04:03 | LammyTS1 | 1,106 | 59/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2022 12:43 | NebrotObarb | 267 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2020 14:07 | IvanShishman | 1,756 | 68/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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Cowboy forum mentions
neilgee 05/11/2018 15:35 in What album are you listening to right now?Cowboy comments
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Massively underrated album. Similar to Nightbird in some ways. Contains some of Erasures best tracks. DO NOT LISTEN TO THE US VERSION!
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