Shadow Factory
by Various Artists
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Shadow Factory rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,173rd | 1980s rank: 1,659th | 1988 rank: 166th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 87 Music Albums of 1988 | 21/87 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 30/100 | 70 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 85 Music Albums of 1988 | 3/85 | 5 |
| 2025 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | Top 54 Music Albums of 1988 | 52/54 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 97 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/07/2025 03:33 | jnmayles | 2,326 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 04:58 |  CellarDoor | 8,860 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2024 15:28 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
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From LittleM1971 04/10/2023 17:33 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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Repo 02/26/2018 19:39 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys“The '91 Project Counts Backwards => The Sarah Years But why am I even counting backwards? I realized during the '91 project that I know next to nothing about Sarah Records. It's this giant hole in my music knowledge from this time period. Although their influence can be heard in some of my favorite…”
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LittleM1971 11/23/2013 20:19 | #94226
This is the album that introduced me to The Field Mice + many more now legendary bands (in the twee world of indie pop anyway). After hearing this I was hooked on the Bristol based indie label Sarah Records which were a predominantly seven inch label. This compilation collects selected cuts from those early Sarah releases and is brilliant. For those who don't know what a Sarah record sounds like.....If The Smiths had released a single on Sarah Records it would probably have been something like 'Well I Wonder', just not as well produced of course.
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