Mrs. Dolphin
by Pale Saints
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Pale Saints bestography
Mrs. Dolphin is ranked 4th best out of 4 albums by Pale Saints on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pale Saints is In Ribbons which is ranked number 3356 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 451.
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Mrs. Dolphin track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mrs. Dolphin rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1990 | 19/86 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 501-600 | 6/100 | - |
| 2025 |  johnner | Best Shoegaze & Dreampop Albums | 99/100 | - |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 78 Music Albums of 1990 | 32/78 | 3 |
| 2020 | Johnnyo | Discogs Top 40 best selling records in Sept 2020 | 23/40 | - |
| 2020 | LittleM1971 | Drowned In A Sea Of Sound - Shoegaze | 54/100 | - |
| 2016 |  CellarDoor | Top 52 Music Albums of 1990 | 32/52 | 2 |
| 2015 |  philbutrin | Top 90 Music Albums of 1990 | 40/90 | 3 |
| 2015 |  nachosbob | Top 5 Music Albums of 1990 | 5/5 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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Mrs. Dolphin ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/25/2026 00:03 | Ilovesuicide | 373 | 67/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2023 21:52 | LittleM1971 | 6,010 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2023 23:06 | Moondance | 20,846 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/17/2018 02:47 | #213086
Released between the bands first two albums "Mrs. Dolphin" is a 1991 Japanese compilation which brings together 2 EP's in "Barging Into the Presence Of God " and "Half-Life" plus a track from the "Gigantic! 2" compilation as well as a previously unreleased track in 'Colours And Shapes'
If it sounds like a mixed bag then it literally is
'Sight of You ' , 'She Rides The Waves' , 'Mother Might ' (All 3 tracks from their rather excellent debut EP "Barging Into the Presence Of God ") and 'A Revelation ' are all great and classic Pale Saints . The rest of the tracks alternate between bleak sound-scapes and jangley guitar pop none of which are much good
Special mention to the weird 'The Colour Of The Sky ' with its spoken word and screaming intro followed by music box outro ... very interesting and unlike anything Pales Saints ever did
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55 Out Of 100
My introduction to Pale Saints and possibly just as worthy as their first two albums in terms of quality and importance. Less heavy on the shoegaze sound, and more foreshadowing later Britpop by taking heavily from the C86 stuff.
It features them at their most upbeat with noisy guitars, but also has several experimental slow tracks to break up the pacing. The latter aren't as good, but every pop track on this is solid to great.
The album's somewhat incoherent, being a compilation and all but it carries some of my favourites from their discography (Half-Life, Baby Maker.) (Edited)
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