A Catholic Education (studio album)
by Teenage Fanclub

A Catholic Education by Teenage Fanclub
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 10,590th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 52 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (150th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,729th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,590th)

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Catholic Education by Teenage Fanclub (Record, 2010)
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Teenage Fanclub bestography

A Catholic Education is ranked 7th best out of 14 albums by Teenage Fanclub on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Teenage Fanclub is Bandwagonesque which is ranked number 1076 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,615.

Teenage Fanclub album bestography « Higher ranked (9,311th)
Shadows
This album (10,590th)
A Catholic Education
Lower ranked (13,218th) »
Man-Made

(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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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 52 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 09/08/2018 21:25
Saw fanclub again a few days back. Everything flows IS the best alt rock song ever. I have a radio one session version of it on some possibly now decomposed tape which is even better. Neil would be proud.
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From 11/17/2016 09:22
Another album that I missed at the time though I've been a fan since bandwagonesque and known since then that, as littlem said, everything flows is wonderful. I saw them again last night and I thought maybe this song is greatest alt rock track ever. And maybe I should listen to this album.
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From 05/08/2014 17:41
Doesn't appear to be much love for this album which is a shame. Personally I love it which contains one of my favourite songs ever in 'Everything Flows'. Critical Mass amongst others is another classic. I guess this album is a bit sloppy and unfocussed but I like that.
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