Gold Mother (studio album) by James

Gold Mother by James
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 7,252nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 68 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (105th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,219th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,252nd)
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James bestography

Gold Mother is ranked 3rd best out of 28 albums by James on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by James is Laid which is ranked number 2067 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 803.

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Gold Mother track list

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

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Gold Mother rankings

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Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:

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YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2024 pedro1976Most listened to albums - August 202211/20 -
2024replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 199040/501
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 199074/1001
2024martinthoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s88/1003
2024Foxforce5Top 25 Music Albums of 199013/253
2024DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 199028/1004
2024ThuramThugoodPt 2: Greatest Albums Ever - (Part 2): 101-200. | All-Time8/31 -
2024 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 199085/1001
2024wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 20th Century100/100 -
2024ThuramThugoodTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s37/10013
2024LittleM1971Top 80 Music Albums of 199040/803
2024wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s57/1009
2023ThuramThugoodRanked - James (UK) - Ranked2/27 -
2023wizardalienTop 7 Music Albums of 19903/74
2023 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s14/10017
2023wizardalienJames Studio Albums Ranked4/8 -
2023ThuramThugoodJun 90 - Best Albums & Tracks | Jun 19901/1 -
2023 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199046/1003
2023 IgtonumamaTop 97 Music Albums of 19904/975
2023ThuramThugoodTop 46 Music Albums of 19905/465
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 65
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 174

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 68 votes)
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04/23/2024 16:22 Robmc70  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,25879/100
 
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01/19/2024 03:40 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 10,49675/100
 
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06/26/2023 21:44 TonySayers61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 16,53065/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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90/100
From 12/11/2023 21:22
Album Rating: 83.60
(836/10) - original tracklisting
(1,014/12) - with extra bonus tracks

04.06.1990

James (UK): Gold Mother

Difficult to rate due to the different versions / track listings. Rating based on original 1990 release.

1.Come Home. 87
2.Government Walls. 99
3.God Only Knows. 73
4.You Can't Tell How Much Suffering (On A Face That's Always Smiling). 73
5.Crescendo. 80
6.How Was It For You? 76
7.Hang On. 88
8.Walking The Ghost. 98
9.Gold Mother. 79
10.Top Of The World. 83

Bonus:
11. Sit Down. 84
12. Lose Control. 94
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40/100
From 02/08/2022 16:35
Didn't realise the original didn't contain Sit Down, which obviously improves the album when added. Walking The Ghost is probably my 2nd favourite James song and definitely in my top 100. I also like Government Walls and How Was It For You?
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85/100
From 06/13/2013 07:28
One of my favourite albums ever at the time of release. Then they released another version 18 months later with Sit Down on. I bought that too
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70/100
From 11/01/2012 00:01
Essential Madchester album and the soundtrack to the glorious summer of 1990.
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