The Gay Parade
by of Montreal
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The Gay Parade is ranked 5th best out of 31 albums by of Montreal on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by of Montreal is Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? which is ranked number 587 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,884.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Gay Parade track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Gay Parade rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 45 Music Albums of 1999 | 43/45 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 33 Music Albums of 1999 | 14/33 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1999 | 32/55 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Of Montreal: So Far.. | 2/3 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 66 Music Albums of 1999 | 44/66 | 2 |
| 2026 |  meezus | Top 95 Greatest Music Albums | 87/95 | 9 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 40 Music Albums of 1999 | 15/40 | 3 |
| 2025 | WilliamFrayer | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 32/100 | 59 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 67 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 269 | |||
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The Gay Parade ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/22/2026 02:03 | AAL2014 | 4,326 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2026 01:30 | juanr1096 | 6,311 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 02:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,055 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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The Gay Parade forum mentions
NoisyBeast 10/08/2021 16:02 in What album are you listening to right now?The Gay Parade comments
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Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/09/2015 14:36 | #136435 | TOP COMMENT
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It's fun and enjoyable and all... but it's also sort of annoying, isn't it? Those buzzing voices or flutes or horns or what it is!
A great album to lighten up the mood. Most of the songs are silly but infectiously catchy, never dragging too much to be bothersome. It doesn't have a hit, a song I'd name fantastic, but it doesn't have any weak song either
Best songs: Old Familiar Way, Nickee Coco, Neat Little Domestic Life, Tulip Baroo
qwert9579 12/24/2013 02:13 | #98597 | TOP COMMENT
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It's just amazing. It flows from one track to the next, it has a concept yet is still really accesible and each track had a terrific character story.
joannajewsom 05/15/2009 17:50 | #4255
If you just added the album, it should automatically show up in a day or two, along with release date.
How can you add the picture for the album?
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