Mainstream
by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
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Lloyd Cole And The Commotions bestography
Mainstream is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions is Rattlesnakes which is ranked number 949 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,833.
(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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Mainstream track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mainstream 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 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 69 Music Albums of 1987 | 5/69 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 94 Music Albums of 1987 | 29/94 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Sounds Album Of The Year 1987 | 6/50 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 77/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 253 | |||
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Mainstream ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/13/2026 09:53 | JamesMowbray | 5,691 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2026 18:36 | Pluto11 | 12,270 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:42 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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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 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Mainstream forum mentions
MadhattanJack 09/02/2025 22:45 in Album of the day (#5371): Rattlesnakes
dihansse 05/31/2023 18:41 in My discoveries per yearMainstream comments
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Consistent third (and last) album; solid 8.5/10 until the plodder of Big Snake which may have got away with it if it was 90 seconds shorter. Doesn't realy pick up after that with Hey Rusty following, again not the strongest, and finishing with These Days which is a nice closer but no real substance. It was always going to be difficult to replicate the magic of Rattlesnakes but of the two that followed I think I'm more inclined to pick this one to listen to over Easy Pieces (even though I've rated it lower) because of the first 7 tracks....just a shame it trails away at the end
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