Lovelife
by Lush

Lovelife by Lush
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 9,312th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 46 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (177th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,494th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,312th)

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Lush bestography

Lovelife is ranked 4th best out of 10 albums by Lush on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lush is Split which is ranked number 2192 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 755.

Lush album bestography « Higher ranked (7,615th)
Gala
This album (9,312th)
Lovelife
Lower ranked (16,424th) »
Scar

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Lovelife track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Lovelife rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,312th | 1990s rank: 1,494th | 1996 rank: 177th
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2026LittleM1971Top 90 Music Albums of 19964/905
2026thoughtformTop 15 Greatest Music Albums11/1533
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199610/1005
2026 MadhattanJackTop 77 Music Albums of 199611/774
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s53/10010
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 199698/1000
2025 TheDude85Top 100 Music Albums of 199648/1003
2025 PurplepashTop 68 Music Albums of 199658/681
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Lush (UK) not incl.MB Trio - Ranked5/9 -
2025LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 101-20095/100 -
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Lush + Miki Berenyi Trio (UK) - combined - Ranked6/10 -
2025JohnnyoLong Live Vinyl's essential britpop albums32/40 -
2025mrfloosakTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s76/1005
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 19962/1005
2025cmoshierTop 99 Music Albums of 199679/991
2025 johnnerTop 17 Music Albums of 19963/174
2024 imacgill2023 Reissues9/21 -
2024 Graeme2Top 70 Music Albums of 199654/701
2023nilescraneTop 40 Greatest Music Albums39/404
2020panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 199659/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 36
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 132
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Lovelife ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 46 votes)
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06/07/2026 16:13 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,50336/100
 
85/100
 
01/28/2026 06:48 Sumbody  Ratings distribution  1,87476/100
 
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01/14/2026 00:28 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,33797/100
 
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08/11/2025 05:51 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,78763/100
 
85/100
 
02/01/2025 04:26 jnmayles  Ratings distribution  2,24573/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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65/100
From 06/10/2015 13:52 | #143466
More pop than shoegaze, this is an uneven collection of songs that can tend toward the boring.
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From 11/23/2012 03:50 | #55687
Ok Shoegaze hipster snobs it's Britpop but its damn fine Britpop. Get over it. The genre already wore its course when this album came out. Lush turned whatever they did into gold and this album is no exception. Some of the best singles you'll hear not just from Lush but from anyone that came out at the time.
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