Album
by Girls
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Girls bestography
Album is ranked 2nd best out of 3 albums by Girls on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Girls is Father, Son, Holy Ghost which is ranked number 1225 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,421.
(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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Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Album rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 3/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 2009 | 1/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 9 Music Albums of 2009 | 2/9 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2701-2800* | 7/77 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  briggs54 | Top 75 Music Albums of 2009 | 27/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | rlang36 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2009 | 20/20 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 203 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 864 | |||
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Album ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 02:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2026 21:33 | ecocruzr | 246 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 17:20 | VanillaBean | 1,189 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Album forum mentions
imacgill 09/06/2022 20:57 in Song ChronicleAlbum comments
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ptaylor1989 02/01/2013 04:07 | #63563 | TOP COMMENT
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Christopher Owen's mother was part of a religious cult which endorsed female prostitution to convert those unfamiliar with the sect. This is not the etymology of missionary position but it is certainly a twisted backdrop for a very talented, and quirky individual to begin his life witnessing. The events that followed helped him solidify and address aspects of his identity that led him to debut with Album. Even while acknowledging weakness, Owens remains fairly positive: "it isn't right to sit around and think about the awful things that get you down". So he finds happiness in music and love interests. With similar names like Laura and Lauren Marie peppering his album, it seems he's chasing a certain aesthetic. The journey doesn't waiver despite his admission of chemical imbalance and loneliness. Love this album...
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/09/2011 17:35 | #32471 | TOP COMMENT
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The first two tracks, "lust for life" and "laura", make this album alone. Opening line "I wish I had a boyfriend. / I wish I had a loving man in my life. / I wish I had a father, / maybe then I would've turned out right." atop a gorgeous guitar lick segueing into some playful harmonies. The lyrics are often heartfelt and from-the-gut somewhat sad, but still makes for a feel-good time with such upbeat and playful arrangements. Often sunny and psychedelic, they even sound like a groovy 50s band (a la the raveonettes) on "big bad mean motherf*cker".
Kind of a left-field pop album. Brilliant in a simple way.
A masterpiece of an album. Track after track feels so honest and straight forward. The Australian bonus tracks, "Solitude" and "Life In San Francisco" make this album even greater.
Komorebi-D 03/22/2017 11:15 | #187873 | TOP COMMENT
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A modern guitar-pop essential in my book. Chistopher's story is so moving. Tracks I can revisit endlessly.
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