Kill Yr. Idols (studio album) by Sonic Youth

Kill Yr. Idols by Sonic Youth
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 13,389th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (177th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,864th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,389th)
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Sonic Youth bestography

Kill Yr. Idols is ranked 17th best out of 39 albums by Sonic Youth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sonic Youth is Daydream Nation which is ranked number 72 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,819.

Sonic Youth album bestography « Higher ranked (11,906th) This album (13,389th) Lower ranked (16,463rd) »
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 54 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.

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From 11/06/2017 17:45
Brother James ranks as one of Sonic Youth's best songs, and the title track isn't bad either, but Early American is just forgettable.
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Best Albums of 1983
1. Murmur by R.E.M.
2. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
3. Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
4. Synchronicity by The Police
5. War by U2
6. Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads
7. Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
8. Kill 'Em All by Metallica
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13. Soul Mining by The The
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