Soup
by Blind Melon

Soup by Blind Melon
Year: 1995
Release date: 1995-08-15
Overall rank: 3,090th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 129 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (520th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,090th)

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Blind Melon bestography

Soup is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Blind Melon on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Blind Melon is Blind Melon which is ranked number 2062 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 799.

Blind Melon album bestography « Higher ranked (2,062nd)
Blind Melon
This album (3,090th)
Soup
Lower ranked (16,944th) »
Nico

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,090th | 1990s rank: 520th | 1995 rank: 55th

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Soup ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 129 votes)
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70/100
 
04/20/2026 14:29 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58370/100
 
75/100
 
02/28/2026 16:02 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
90/100
 
01/12/2026 18:52 cestuneblague  Ratings distribution  8,17180/100
 
95/100
 
12/08/2025 03:17 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
75/100
 
10/06/2025 21:06 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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80/100
From 10/22/2020 00:09 | #259551
Vastly better than the first album. It's got such a blended feel of 60's & 70's music mixed with the 90's alternative sound. Truly great overlooked record.
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90/100
From 11/06/2018 11:14 | #223969
Totally agree with people who think this album rocks! Definetly one of the greatest albums of the 90s and frankly in my top 10 greatest albums of all time. If you havent heard this one yet I highly recommend you to do so.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 06/15/2018 04:04 | #216796
I just love this album and find it criminally underrated. Wonder where they would have gone next had Shannon been around.
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90/100
From 12/22/2017 22:23 | #203733
Such a blast to listen to. First time making my way through Blind Melon's discography but this one easily surpasses their debut album for me, at least as far as first listens are concerned. It lacks a radio hit single type song like "No Rain", but it's far more consistent, unpredictable, multilayered, jolly and depressing all at the same time. Really bums me out knowing that they had to stop making music prematurely. Had they been able to keep working on their craft there's no doubt in my mind they would have eventually turned a lot more heads.
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75/100
From 09/10/2014 00:53 | #121613
More consistent than their first album... A pop-rock gem that has been overlooked.
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From 02/28/2014 18:18 | #104825
A beautiful album that is sadly overlooked.
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From 02/25/2013 14:30 | #66078
Like so many other 90's "one hit wonders", this band had many more good albums outside of their popular one.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 04/28/2012 01:08 | #41093
I agree, a definite must have of the 90's, near perfect. Hoon was a genius.
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90/100
From 11/10/2011 01:38 | #30266
One of the greatest albums that hardly anyone knows...
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