Strays (studio album) by Jane's Addiction

Strays by Jane's Addiction
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 6,315th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 81 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (125th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,105th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,315th)

Jane's Addiction bestography

Strays is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Jane's Addiction on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jane's Addiction is Ritual De Lo Habitual which is ranked number 595 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,897.

Jane's Addiction album bestography « Higher ranked (6,315th) This album (6,315th) Lower ranked (8,048th) »
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Strays track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Strays rankings

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Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:

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YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2025spinoutTop 94 Music Albums of the 2000s56/948
2025 paladisiactop 65r albums (64), #0501-060032/100 -
2025wizardalienTop 21 Music Albums of 20031/215
2025HyggevinylTop 63 Music Albums of 200356/631
2025wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s15/10017
2025blueandthemoonTop 100 Music Albums of 200387/1001
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest American Albums9/100 -
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century29/100 -
2025vruslovTop 95 Music Albums of 200316/954
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist)29/100 -
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 99 Music Albums of 200379/991
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums49/10051
2025mikepenTop 62 Music Albums of 200350/621
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)13/100 -
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200393/1000
2025cicadelicDrowned In Sound Staff Top 75 Albums of 200317/75 -
2025wizardalienGreatest Albums (One Album Per Year)31/65 -
2025mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 200395/1000
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 200347/1003
2025wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Overseas Albums14/100 -
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 59
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 206

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Strays ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 81 votes)
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09/30/2024 09:02 mash  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,35888/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.8/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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70/100
From 01/01/2022 14:30
I can't believe the low rating and ranking of this album... I prefer this to their 80s/90s albums. Not a bad song on it (despite a slight drop-off in the last 3 songs), all great rock songs with awesome guitar riffs. My favourites are Just Because, Superhero, The Riches and True Nature. If you're a rock music fan, this is a must-listen.
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95/100
From 07/22/2019 21:56
Beautiful album!
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65/100
From 02/15/2016 23:59
This not their strongest record but it ain't bad.
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From 12/09/2015 21:19
The only Jane's Addiction album in my collection - good enough for me to want to hear more but haven't got around to it yet! Not a lot of variety but no really weak tracks. It starts strongly - the best tracks are the first three.
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From 02/07/2015 03:13
Nope. Without the magic of earlier albums, these guys just sound annoying here.
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