Bummed
by Happy Mondays

Bummed by Happy Mondays
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-11-21
Overall rank: 4,848th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 130 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (62nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (697th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,848th)

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Happy Mondays - Bummed - EX Vinyl LP - 1989 US Promo 60854-1 w/ Hype Sticker
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Happy Mondays bestography

Bummed is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Happy Mondays on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Happy Mondays is Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches which is ranked number 1237 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 850.

Happy Mondays album bestography « Higher ranked (1,237th)
Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
This album (4,848th)
Bummed
Lower ranked (6,669th) »
Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)

(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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Bummed rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,848th | 1980s rank: 697th | 1988 rank: 62nd

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Bummed ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 130 votes)
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03/19/2026 03:56 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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08/10/2025 04:18 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.1.

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30/100
From 06/04/2023 19:12 | #297399
Really disappointing having already listened to and enjoyed Pills N Thrills. Nothing special here, and all the songs are the same. Best song for me is the last song, Lazyitis.
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95/100
From 11/27/2013 13:25 | #94903
Long before the laconic Arctic Monkeys was this great album. Haven't played in years but always remember when it was huge and so Madchester
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75/100
From 11/24/2013 18:19 | #94365
Amazing band. Albumpacked full of great tracks but ruined by having hannett produce it. He was perfect for joy div but sucked the funk out of this. Should have been an album up there with the best. Shame. Check the live versions. Looking forwsrd to them doing this album.live next week!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/12/2013 12:27 | #78663
Happy Mondays doing what they do best. The Mondays were always the sleaziest band ever :-) This was great, along with their Hallelujah EP and the Madchester VHS video spawned a drug fuelled teenage rebellion from me and the rest is history.
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From 10/31/2012 22:33 | #53821
The Mondays best album, brilliant.
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From 10/15/2011 05:34 | #28472
The album that spawned 'Madchester'. A great Indie/dance crossover album
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