James 
The best album credited to James is Laid which is ranked number 1,961 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 850.
James is ranked number 805 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2,081.
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James best albums
The following albums by James are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
This may not be a complete discography for James.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!
James bestography composition
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1980s | 4 | 0% | |
1990s | 8 | 0% | |
2000s | 6 | 0% | |
2010s | 7 | 0% | |
2020s | 3 | 0% |
James best tracks
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James ratings

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70/100 ![]() | 08/14/2024 18:17 | ![]() | ![]() | 67/100 |
90/100 ![]() | 01/13/2024 19:49 | ![]() | ![]() | 90/100 |
95/100 ![]() | 11/07/2023 21:06 | DaaN | ![]() | 92/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 09/22/2023 17:08 | Stevo796 | ![]() | 74/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 08/04/2023 12:12 | platus | ![]() | 71/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 5% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 13.8.
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"If I hadn't seen such riches, I could live with being poor".
Superb live. Solid back catalogue. One of my favourite bands period, and definitely my favourite Manchester band.
One of my favourite bands of all time. A fairly unique band who amongst them play several different instruments. They are an absolute pleasure to see live and some great songs and albums.

In the United States they've sadly been written off as a one-hit wonder. Once you beginning exploring their discography, you discover there is far more depth to this band than a brilliant single. One of the best active live bands around, has one of the deepest discographies of any band from their era.
A band who have so many great songs and are brilliant live
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