George Best
by The Wedding Present
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George Best is ranked as the best album by The Wedding Present.
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George Best track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
George Best rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 74 Music Albums of 1987 | 2/74 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Sounds Album Of The Year 1987 | 48/50 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1987 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 50 Music Albums of 1987 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 101-200 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 73/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 128 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 581 | |||
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George Best ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/31/2026 08:04 | JamesMowbray | 5,681 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 20:08 |  covecove | 6,693 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2026 19:47 | leobaraza | 32 | 67/100 |
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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 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 01/30/2026 19:08 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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lyrically brilliant album which flows really well and stands head and shoulders above their c86 counterparts
sethzzzzz 05/16/2015 11:09 | #141581 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
SuedeSwede 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.
Secondsoul 12/14/2012 14:05 | #57884 | TOP COMMENT
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My Favourite Dress and A Million Miles. Such a great album!
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