In Ribbons (studio album) by Pale Saints

In Ribbons by Pale Saints
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 3,991st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 77 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (70th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (679th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,991st)
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Pale Saints bestography

In Ribbons is ranked 2nd 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.

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76/100 (from 77 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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80/100
From 09/28/2021 18:38
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 04/14/2018 01:10
In the 90's whilst the world was listening to grunge I was listening to a lot of shoe-gaze strangely enough ( and some grunge too) and my very favourite gazers were Pale Saints

This their second to last album has some good tracks in "Throwing Back the Apple" , "Hair Shoes" and "Featherframe" however the album labours in the 2nd half with many tracks that quite honestly arn't up to snuff . Snip 4 or 5 tracks and this could have been a terrific album , unfortunately this album fails as a complete piece

I'll be taking the few great songs from here and adding them to my Pale Saints Best Of Playlist

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From 08/12/2016 23:33
Blah blah blah. Whatever. It's just one of the best albums ever. Nothing more to add. Cheers.
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From 12/24/2015 09:57
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 06/23/2014 22:08
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 11/01/2012 15:19
Excellent second album that yet again captures the Saints uncanny ability to mix terror with beauty that is often than not sublime. Best Tracks: Throwing Back The Apple, Hunted, and Hair Shoes.
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From 12/23/2011 05:57
A fantastic shoegazing album that has a lot of interesting instrumentals to offer.
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