Repeater
by Fugazi

Album
Repeater by Fugazi
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-04-19
Overall rank: 666th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 502 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1990 (8th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (111th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (666th)

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Repeater is ranked as the best album by Fugazi.

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Repeater rankings summary
Overall rank: 666th | 1990s rank: 111th | 1990 rank: 8th  Overall chart history
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Repeater forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5395): By areminder
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1999) 2. (1986) 3. by by (1965) 5. by (1969) 6. by (1988) 7. by by (1999) 9. by (1959) 10. (1977) 11. by (1970) 12. by (1966) 14. (2009) 15. (1977) 16. (1969) 17. by (1969) 20. by (1968) 21. by (1971) 22. by (1968) 23. by (1965) 24.…”
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From Romanelli 11/19/2025 02:18 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
“Another ten album haul... With the addition of the first eight albums, I now have, in my physical collection, all of the top 600 on the BEA overall chart. Next is #601, A Tabua De Esmerelda by Jorge Ben. I now have 821 of the BEA Top 1000 in my collection. Also added these to my collection:”
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From 10/12/2012 20:39 | #52204 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I have nothing more to say they what has been said. You like The Clash and Dead Kennedys right now? Listen to this right now and don't leave it as long as I did. Great collection of songs indeed.
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From 08/25/2011 14:44 | #26621 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Fugazi opened the the decade of the 1990s with a blistering collection of abstracted theatrical and politically committed pieces of thundering dissonant sonic hardcore punk. The music is seemingly guided by an otherwordly force driven by a palpable psychological tension and Wagnerian intensity that paradoxically results in catharsis. In this regard, the album displays a zen-like aspect which contrasts with a phenomenal rhythm section that heightens the tension of the music underlying the spasmodic nature of the playing. Repeater is a timeless piece of hardcore punk that is arguably the greatest in its genre.
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From 01/07/2013 14:53 | #60568 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The importance of this album must be found in what it represented for hardcore punk: Repeater introduced hardcore in the indie rock context, making it less difficult to appreciate and understand. Furthermore, the abilities shown by the band are incredible: they could play whatever they want, but they chose to create their own, unmatched sound.
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From 06/12/2009 04:36 | #4713 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Turnover begins with a nice n’ slow ambient start that lurches into an unforgettable & timeless riff. Repeater is funkily dapper, the theme song of a white-collar professional who spitefully steals office supplies & is building his own studio (to be cont.)
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From 04/24/2014 22:02 | #109996 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
An airing of grievances never felt quite so motivated.
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