Pom Pom
by Ariel Pink
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Pom Pom is ranked as the best album by Ariel Pink.
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Pom Pom track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Pom Pom rankings summary
Overall rank: 984th | 2010s rank: 143rd | 2014 rank: 16th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 63 Music Albums of 2014 | 10/63 | 4 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 20 Music Albums of 2014 | 1/20 | 5 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (64.71-64.17), #001-100* | 52/95 | - |
| 2026 |  Skinny | My record collection (J-P) | 78/83 | - |
| 2026 |  JoaoMoreira | Top 7 Music Albums of 2014 | 3/7 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | MusicServer Čtyřicet nejlepších zahraničních alb roku 2014 | 21/40 | - |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 30 Music Albums of 2014 | 9/30 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 26 Music Albums of 2014 | 12/26 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 291 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,775 | |||
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Pom Pom ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/09/2026 01:01 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 08:59 | brent13 | 2,226 | 66/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2026 12:46 | Scrabbler | 292 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Pom Pom forum mentions
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BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - July 2026“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/12/2019 19:17 | #243678 | TOP COMMENT
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/12/2019 19:17 | #243678 | TOP COMMENT
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Pom Pom is absolutely one of 2014's strangest albums. I remain a little on the fence as to whether or not it's one of the year's best. In its favor I'll say it succeeds utterly in busting down any notion of musical genre, residing somewhere in the ambiguous terrain carved out by the likes of Frank Zappa in the 1970s. At its best Pom Pom is campy, funny, bizarre, and oddly mesmerizing. Then again, it's also obnoxious at times, with a kind of smirking irony that I find generally distasteful. The fact that you're seeing it appear in my 2014 chart is indication that I've tentatively come down on the side of finding it more a valuable contribution than a detraction, but I'll also confess that five years later I'm still chewing on it but not quite able to digest it. A polarizing album that still leaves me unsure which pole I'm drawn to.
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badger 08/28/2019 21:43 | #241840 | TOP COMMENT
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I can't think of another album that feels so throwaway and yet so masterful. The record on which Pink flamboyantly flaunts the daft hand with which he can manipulate any style to his whim, crafting gorgeously infectious hooks with liberal abandon. Even the arguable run of filler from Goth Bomb through to Jello is a masterclass in songcraft. An affectionate pastiche of so many overlooked sects of pop music history, packed to the brim with genius melodies and arrangements. (Edited)
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SquishypuffDave TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/14/2014 06:30 | #129348 | TOP COMMENT
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This album actually kinda creeps me out. There's something sinister about it I can't put my finger on. Feels weird.
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DoctorPayne 01/08/2020 16:18 | #246558 | TOP COMMENT
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I'd be hard-pressed to say this isn't a top 10 album of the decade. Completely absurd yet incredibly accessible and intoxicating. This album is unlike anything I've ever heard before and although it is long, almost all of the songs are highly entertaining.
Favorite Tracks: Lipstick, Not Enough Violence, Black Ballerina, Dayzed Inn Daydreams (Edited)
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nipplefart 03/05/2015 04:52 | #136161 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is the fucking shit. Ariel's really outdone himself here. I couldn't think he could make something even better than Before Today.
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