Album of the day (#7458): Keep It Like A Secret by Built To Spill

BestEverAlbums — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:00:27 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 09/20/2026 20:00

Today's album of the day

Keep It Like A Secret by Built To Spill (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1999.
Country:
Built To Spill discography rank: 2 (out of 13 listed on BEA)
1999 rank: 7
1990s rank: 77
Overall rank: 447
Average rating: 82/100 (from 527 votes).

Tracks:
1. The Plan
2. Center Of The Universe
3. Carry The Zero
4. Sidewalk
5. Bad Light
6. Time Trap
7. Else
8. You Were Right
9. Temporarily Blind
10. Broken Chairs

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Top voted comments:

"Some years ago a friend and I spent several summers climbing all seventeen county highpoints in Nevada. To reach all these, we had to do a lot of driving on bumpy dirt roads through the desert. Fortunately for us, we had two artists we both liked listening to: Neil Young and Built to Spill. Riding in my old Nissan Pathfinder, this was the album we listened to more than any other. These tight, intensity-building songs, which never seem to end up anywhere near the place they started, were the perfect soundtrack to hikes that followed a similar trajectory. Opening tracks, and the opening to opening tracks, don't get much better than "The Plan.""
- @buzzdainer (Rating: 100/100)
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"I've remarked elsewhere about my UAW bias, but how this album and PFNO aren't universally recognized as two of the greatest guitar rock albums of all time is so far beyond me. It has to be a conspiracy. I can still remember hearing Carry the Zero live the first time, long before the album was released. It absolutely floored me. And the studio version is every bit as good! Could be, possibly, maybe, my favorite song ever."
- cromni
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Album of the day (#7458): Keep It Like A Secret by Built To Spill