Submarine Bells (studio album) by The Chills

Submarine Bells by The Chills
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 5,049th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 67 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1990 (73rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (846th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,049th)
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 67 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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From 08/11/2019 06:10
A beautiful record which deserves to be heard by more. The snarl of oncoming day the pop of heavenly pop hit and the heart melting beauty of the title track indeed it it is great to chill out to submarine bells
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From 07/24/2015 12:33
With "True Colurs" by Split Enz the best album to come out of New Zealand. Definitely one of the most consistent guitar pop albums you'll ever here. Deserves to be heard by a much wider audience.
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