A Brief History Of Love
by The Big Pink

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A Brief History Of Love is ranked as the best album by The Big Pink.

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A Brief History Of Love 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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A Brief History Of Love rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,155th | 2000s rank: 1,778th | 2009 rank: 179th

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A Brief History Of Love ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 42 votes)
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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 74.8/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.

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75/100
From 08/10/2012 18:00 | #48233
Not bad, but have to agree with other users that it's not the most original of records to be released but they do have a knack with big catchy chorus's.
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From 05/31/2010 23:44 | #11613
Quite suprised! I enjoyed this
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From 04/27/2010 13:27 | #11056
I dont understand some of the negativity towards this album, its better then most of the crap thats come out in the last 5 years
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From 10/10/2009 19:18 | #6696
There's Nothing here perhaps that you won't have heard before, it sounds by turns remeniscent of 80s band sounds, 90s bands... with particular echoes of Sonic youth and Spiritualized, (but I'm usually wrong about these things) But basically, I can't stop playing it. Big and dreamy, occasionally nightmarish- the opening of Golden Pendulum sounds like Aphex twin's come to daddy.
I need a little time to pass to be sure this is not a minor infatuation, but not only can I see this making an appearence on my chart, but actually climbing fast!
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