George Best
by The Wedding Present

George Best by The Wedding Present
Year: 1987
Release date: 1987-10-12
Overall rank: 2,699th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 99 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (44th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (399th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,699th)

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Overall rank: 2,699th | 1980s rank: 399th | 1987 rank: 44th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 99 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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From 08/16/2019 11:28 | #241260
lyrically brilliant album which flows really well and stands head and shoulders above their c86 counterparts
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From 05/16/2015 11:09 | #141581
Heard what I thought was the full original album, turned out it was a special edition with extra tracks so I found it rather repetitive. Will edit my rating when I get round to listening to the actual tracklist! Stuck between The Smiths and The Stone Roses.
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From 12/31/2013 18:16 | #99361
I should really like this album, it's pretty much a mixture of Smiths (early) and Joy Division, with some originality to it. But I don't think I get along with it as much as I should. It gets tedious real early into listening. And it's repetitive. And his voice is like a tedious Ian Curtis/Morrissey crossover.

It's still enjoyable, but it's gonna take more than a couple of listens.
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From 12/14/2012 14:05 | #57884
My Favourite Dress and A Million Miles. Such a great album!
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