The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
by The Housemartins
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The Housemartins bestography
The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by The Housemartins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Housemartins is London 0 Hull 4 which is ranked number 1967 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 855.
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The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 4 days ago |  cestuneblague | 8,238 | 80/100 | |
| 03/24/2026 08:22 | Leginlists | 3,593 | 82/100 | |
| 09/19/2025 00:29 | Proto | 4,161 | 33/100 | |
| 03/09/2025 13:22 |  Milhaud | 2,044 | 71/100 | |
| 02/05/2025 20:03 | Joe4242 | 11 | 96/100 |
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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 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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SO light, but also so melodic and fun
The music (if not neceassarily the content) on this sounds more mature than their first - both good but this shades it for me. I still prefer the poppier sounding songs, personally find Johannesburg and The Light is Always Green a bit 'ploddy'!
I have fun with this record, it's not to be taken to seriously. Some very clever songs and singing arrangements. It's very old school almost goes back to the Hollies, Everly Brothers. That's its charm. Also has some political commentary with Me & The Farmer a simplistic song that suggests slot more .
Norman Bates 05/12/2012 17:13 | #42083
Even better than 'London 0 Hull 4', this has, among many other upbeat pop gems, the best song about public school (it's a tie with 'The Headmaster Ritual' really) cruelty: 'Bow Down'. A must-listen.
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