Wasteland: What Ails Our People Is Clear
by Lice
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Wasteland: What Ails Our People Is Clear is ranked as the best album by Lice.
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Wasteland: What Ails Our People Is Clear track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Wasteland: What Ails Our People Is Clear rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 59 Music Albums of 2021 | 26/59 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 95 Music Albums of 2021 | 55/95 | 2 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 54 Music Albums of 2021 | 42/54 | 1 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 2021 | 9/95 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 36/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 72 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/24/2026 04:22 | dhbarrett | 8,829 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 21:50 | vruslov | 9,010 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2023 04:09 |  mickilennial | 835 | 91/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.6/100, a mean average of 67.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Mercury 04/30/2021 04:07 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I! LedZep 01/08/2021 19:39 in 2021 MusicWasteland: What Ails Our People Is Clear comments
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/11/2021 17:26 | #264198
80-90/100 (Dark, at times -oftentimes - brilliant mix of Post Punk, Prog and Noisy rock that kept me on my toes throughout.)
This is a great debut album by LICE. I love the oppressive atmosphere, the insane prog explosions, the post-punk heaviness, the swirling and clattering guitars, and way it presents all these sounds in an engaging way.
I felt drawn in for the duration of the album, both by the dystopian mood and by the constantly shifting musical palate. And the fact that the album doesn't lose steam at all and indeed reaches its peak of angsty adventurousness with its run between "Serata" through to the closer "Clear" is, for me, incredibly impressive.
Basically, I'm not the most scholarly post-punk or experimental rock or whatever listener. But to these ears this was just a brilliant debut album full of incredibly detailed prog explorations, straight-up badass guitar explosions, and really cool and unexpected twists and turns at every corner. Kinda love it, tbh. And I am looking forward to not only listening to this and pouring over its details many more times, but also I'm looking forward to what may be coming next from this band.
Requires multiple listens to be fully appreciated, but I suspect I am looking at an album of the year candidate - yeah, it's still extremely early, I know.
pjohnsongolf TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/04/2021 23:56 | #265786
When listening to this I feel like I’m walking through the capital wasteland in Fallout 3
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