The Rainmakers
by The Rainmakers
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The Rainmakers bestography
The Rainmakers is ranked as the best album by The Rainmakers.
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The Rainmakers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Rainmakers 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 | Rich150 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Rich150 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 40/100 | 61 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1986 | 97/100 | - |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 32 Music Albums of 1986 | 32/32 | 0 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '80's (101 - 200) | 44/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Rivera | Top 43 Music Albums of 1986 | 40/43 | 0 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Missouri | 20/37 | - |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Top 100 USA | 33/100 | - |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Best Debut Album | 23/100 | - |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Top 100, 1 per artist | 58/100 | - |
| 2018 | Rich150 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1986 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2016 | ecwashere | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2010 | Dave Whitaker | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 27/50 | - |
| 1986 | WOXY.com | The 97 Best of 1986 | 38/95 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 87 | |||
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The Rainmakers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/08/2025 12:12 | cicadelic | 13,758 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2025 20:37 | RemainInLight | 3,736 | 35/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2023 09:13 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2023 20:36 |  tigercap | 338 | 61/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2019 17:19 | cronadigallina | 2,974 | 67/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.5.
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Bought this album on the back of Let My People Go-Go in 1986, remember loving it then. Vinyl drifted out but when I got my new record player 4 or 5 years back this was one of the first albums to get a play. Four out of five strong opening tracks and then a mix of good and above average. Still like it a lot and one you might if you like your rock a little countryfied!
First 3 tracks are very strong - great music and great thought - provoking lyrics. However, the CD trails off rapidly after that.
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