Expecting To Fly
by The Bluetones
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Expecting To Fly is ranked as the best album by The Bluetones.
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Expecting To Fly track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Expecting To Fly 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 |  pedro1976 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1996 | 3/25 | 5 |
| 2026 | ornot27 | Top 89 Music Albums of the 1990s | 17/89 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 1996 | 60/96 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1996 by Radio X | 2/25 | - |
| 2026 | ornot27 | Top 92 Greatest Music Albums | 20/92 | 77 |
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1996 | 21/90 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 80 Music Albums of 1996 | 76/80 | 0 |
| 2026 | markl73 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 58 Music Albums of 1996 | 47/58 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 69 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 275 | |||
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Expecting To Fly ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/09/2026 12:12 | jwalsh97 | 749 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2026 17:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,297 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 11:36 | RemainInLight | 3,826 | 36/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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Expecting To Fly forum mentions
pedro1976 02/12/2026 11:31 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 02/22/2024 14:09 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2020 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2020View latest topic →
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badfaith 09/12/2009 02:40 | #6074 | TOP COMMENT
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For all the talk of Oasis inheriting the Stone Roses mantle, this album comes closest to the intricate musicianship and skill that was the roses true defining feature... a finely crafted work that has appreciated in value as time has passed. Thought to be just one of a crowd of albums of high but short lived popularity at the time, only at a distance of some years, when it's contemporary works have faded from view, can it's brilliance be understood.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/14/2018 23:10 | #212882 | TOP COMMENT
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First listen as a whole in many a year and it's held up rather well. Was never a big fan other than the singles. But it has lovely production, quite atmospheric. They definately were indebted to the Roses and they had the feminine side to things like the Roses debut, and some of their chops too. I like this a lot more than I did. They didn't quite fit the blokey times I suppose. Edit: the atmosphere of this record really reminded me so much of in ribbons by pale saints (a fave) that I checked out who produced this, and it's the same guy, Hugh Jones.
Charicature 02/15/2010 23:41 | #9230 | TOP COMMENT
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Very reminiscent of Manic Street Preachers. Not bad at all - but one thing is bugging me - that song "Slight Return" - I've heard a song almost exactly like it somewhere, but I can't place it.
It certainly is a great debut! The follow up is also consistent and worth checking out too
@Charicature You probably just heard "Slight Return" back in the day. It got loads of radio play in the UK.
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