American Water (studio album) by Silver Jews

American Water by Silver Jews
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 1,495th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 179 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1998 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (274th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,495th)
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 179 votes)
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03/18/2024 19:28 Johnnyo  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 8,67977/100
 
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03/05/2024 16:02 DommeDamian  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,24149/100
 
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03/04/2024 20:53 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,92973/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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75/100
From 03/18/2024 19:43
A decent enough album but….. it doesn’t really grab me. Not half as good as it’s predecessor, the natural bridge which is an absolute classic. Not too disappointed with this but not sure how many times I will be playing it
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From 07/10/2020 06:15
Nothing particularly interesting, but it seems like they're not really trying to write the most mind blowing material in the world. The quality of songs dips pretty hard after the first two or three tracks.
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90/100
From 05/24/2018 22:17
I just discovered this album. It's one of those you can't believe has existed all this time without you knowing about it. Absolutely love it.
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From 03/12/2016 18:09
This has to be the strangest Pavement record
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From 01/13/2014 20:03
People is absolutely amazing. One of the best I've heard.
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