In Ribbons
by Pale Saints

Album
In Ribbons by Pale Saints
Year: 1992
Release date: 1992-03-23
Overall rank: 3,381st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 85 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (53rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (554th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,381st)

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In Ribbons is ranked as the best album by Pale Saints.

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- This album (3,381st)
In Ribbons Lower ranked (4,151st) »
The Comforts Of Madness

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In Ribbons rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,381st | 1990s rank: 554th | 1992 rank: 53rd  Overall chart history
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77/100 (from 85 votes)
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 !		04/09/2026 03:52 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,16270/100
 
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 !		12/01/2025 01:54 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100

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In Ribbons forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5414): By Graeme2
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Graeme2 () 1. (1973) 2. by (1989) 3. by by (1988) 5. (2002) 6. by by by (1972) 9. (1996) 10. by by (2003) 12. (1994) 13. by (1984) 14. by by by (1973) 17. by by (1977) 19. by (1979) 20. by (1970) 21. by (1992) 23. by (1969) 24. by (1993) 25.…”
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From neilgee 10/02/2025 07:59 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From Repo 11/07/2023 16:32 in My discoveries per year
“Bah - it isn't even the quintessential Pale Saints album. I suspect the main reason this one is ranked higher than is that there's a cat on the cover, and lots of people love cats. (Also, there was more quality competition in 1992 than in 1990, which would negatively affect the chart ranking. I'm…”
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From 06/23/2014 22:08 | #115112 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I love this. I missed the first album at the time but got this not too long after it came out. Fits right in with the classics of the shoegazers. I like the first album when I got it years later but doesn't compre to this for me. The songs, vocals, production all fantastic. Great guitar work that's actually quite rocky in places, lead wise. Wish I'd seen this line up live but by time I saw them the main guy had left.
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From 08/12/2016 23:33 | #172819 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Blah blah blah. Whatever. It's just one of the best albums ever. Nothing more to add. Cheers.
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From 09/28/2021 18:38 | #274335 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I don't think either of the first two Pale Saints albums is better than the other. The Comforts of Madness is more consistent, sure, but In Ribbons has some pretty great highs, as well as some low lows. I love the female vocals, even if they're more scant than I would prefer.
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From 12/24/2015 09:57 | #155067 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A fine "shoegazer" album both male and female vocals distinctive and touching.The "Throwing the Apple" ep well worth chasing down if it still exists.
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From 12/23/2011 05:57 | #33556 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A fantastic shoegazing album that has a lot of interesting instrumentals to offer.
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