Slow Buildings (studio album) by Pale Saints

Slow Buildings by Pale Saints
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 25,694th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 20 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (417th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (4,148th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,694th)
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Pale Saints bestography

Slow Buildings is ranked 3rd best out of 4 albums by Pale Saints on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pale Saints is The Comforts Of Madness which is ranked number 3639 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 401.

Pale Saints album bestography « Higher ranked (3,991st) This album (25,694th) Lower ranked (41,898th) »
In RibbonsSlow BuildingsMrs. Dolphin

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71/100 (from 20 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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From 06/09/2018 09:20
I'm proud to say I'm a Pale Saints aficionado and have followed their career closely since 'Barging Into The Presence Of God'came out in 1989 and I'm here to tell you definitively 'Slow Buildings' is their best and most accomplished work , whilst 'The Comforts Of Madness' will always hold a special place in my heart 'Slow Buildings' trumps it pound for pound , note for note . The loss of founder Ian Masters was potentially fatal but ex Lush member Meriel Barham smashes it out of the park

This album contains not one but 2 perfect 100/100 tracks in "Fine Friend" and the 10 minute tour de-force which is the epic "Henry" . Every other track is good to above average

Very very very very underrated album

Comfortably on my all time best album list

Breath taking

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i think this album tends to be viewed with some scorn by folks to think Ian Masters was the primary creative force behind Pale Saints, but i think Meriel Barham does a really good job of taking over primary writing, singing, and guitar playing duties on this album. it may not be what fans of In Ribbons, and The Comforts Of Madness were expecting, but for me it's an album that overcame my initial skepticism, and now i view it as a strong album that stands up well on its own.
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