Gala
by Lush

Album
Gala by Lush
(Compilation album)
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-12-03
Overall rank: 7,321st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 65 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (96th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,163rd)
Award Best albums of all time (7,321st)

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Lush bestography

Gala is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Lush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lush is Split which is ranked number 2226 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 738.

Lush album bestography « Higher ranked (3,552nd)
Spooky This album (7,321st)
Gala Lower ranked (9,297th) »
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Gala track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Sweetness And Light
Average Rating: 86 (19 votes)Comments: View 1
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Sunbathing
Average Rating: 78 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
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Breeze
Average Rating: 79 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
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De-Luxe
Average Rating: 85 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
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Leaves Me Cold
Average Rating: 80 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
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Downer
Average Rating: 80 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Thoughtforms
Average Rating: 82 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Baby Talk
Average Rating: 79 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
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Thoughtforms
Average Rating: 81 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Scarlet
Average Rating: 81 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Bitter
Average Rating: 80 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Second Sight
Average Rating: 79 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
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Etheriel
Average Rating: 80 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Hey, Hey Helen
Average Rating: 80 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
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Scarlet
Average Rating: 81 (14 votes)Comments: View 0

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Gala rankings

Gala rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,321st | 1990s rank: 1,163rd | 1990 rank: 96th  Overall chart history
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Gala ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 65 votes)
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 !		10/05/2026 13:14 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,19970/100
 
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 !		09/15/2026 06:25 Glitterboiii  Ratings distribution  4,95588/100
 
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 !		05/01/2025 05:00 Sumbody  Ratings distribution  1,91675/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 81.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.


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Gala forum mentions

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Gala comments

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From 09/01/2014 16:34 | #120968 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
even though this is a compilation of EPs made with different producers, along with some extra tracks, i think the collection holds together pretty well as an album. it gives an interesting view of the line Lush walked between the shoegazey side we would see on Spooky, and the more rock/britpop side that came out toward the end of their career.
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From 06/10/2015 13:50 | #143465 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Saw them as the opening act on Lollapalooza '92 and picked up this album the very next day. Sounds very much like an actual album and not just a collection of singles/EP tracks. "De-Luxe", "Leaves Me Cold", and "Downer", all in a row, are a powerful trio.
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From 10/31/2012 23:31 | #53834 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Contains some of their best songs: De-Luxe, Sweetness and Light, Thoughtforms and Scarlet. Also excellent cover of ABBA's Hey, Hey Helen.
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