This Is Spinal Tap (soundtrack album) by Spinal Tap
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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85/100  | 03/17/2024 04:20 | SD100852 | | 75/100 |
75/100 | 09/27/2023 11:18 | Stevo796 | | 73/100 |
85/100 | 04/03/2023 15:12 | Fevernova | | 82/100 |
60/100 | 02/12/2023 15:14 |  MW19704U | | 59/100 |
60/100 | 01/13/2023 09:25 | TonySayers61 | | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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If this was just a regular album I wouldn't give it a particularly good rating, but as a parody of all the tired cliches in 70s and 80s rock music it works brilliantly (especially with how hilariously stupid some of the lyrics are)
You'd need to watch the film first though before listening to this as that helps so much with the context of this soundtrack
I see this album goes up to 11.
This is a rarity as I don't buy soundtracks to movies, and the enjoyment level of this album is probably due to the association with the movie which is fantastic! With that said, Big Bottom, Sex Farm are great but the songs that put a smile on my face are those songs which are supposed to be from their early career - I often wonder which band they are parodying - Uriah Heep, Status Quo...hmmm. One word "Entertaining".
Easily the most influential rock album of the 20th century. Also, the cover art is absolutely astonishing! I saw these guys at a gig in Denver and stumpy joe actually spontaneously combusted halfway through sex farm! I still have the shirt... Best show I ever saw!
Decurso 12/17/2014 14:16
This is a lot of fun. Granted, I think my fondness for it is largely due to associations with the movie, but songs like "Tonight I'm Going To Rock You", "Big Bottom" and "Sex Farm really bring a smile to my face.
SamuelPear 05/05/2013 16:43
Much better than Shark Sandwich which disappointed me a lot at the time !
While nothing musicially spectactular goes on here, this "spoof" album is a good, fun listen and fans of classic hard rock will get a kick out of this.
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