Mainstream
by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Mainstream by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 5,227th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (67th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (761st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,227th)

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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 937 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,835.

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions album bestography « Higher ranked (937th)
Rattlesnakes
This album (5,227th)
Mainstream
Lower ranked (6,198th) »
Easy Pieces

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,227th | 1980s rank: 761st | 1987 rank: 67th

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75/100 (from 54 votes)
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11/12/2025 23:42 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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11/05/2025 23:02 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,74266/100
 
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09/02/2025 05:45 Sumbody  Ratings distribution  1,82576/100
 
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10/07/2024 22:41 Banner  Ratings distribution  4,91680/100
 
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09/11/2023 17:02 Aitch  Ratings distribution  30878/100

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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 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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75/100
From 01/02/2016 17:32 | #155606
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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