Today (studio album) by Galaxie 500

Today by Galaxie 500
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 1,775th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 215 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (276th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,775th)
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Galaxie 500 bestography

Today is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Galaxie 500 on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Galaxie 500 is On Fire which is ranked number 406 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,207.

Galaxie 500 album bestography « Higher ranked (406th) This album (1,775th) Lower ranked (3,988th) »
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 215 votes)
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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 79.3/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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60/100
From 04/08/2021 14:28
Bearable compared to their second album. There is a shred of energy distinguishable in this album at least.
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75/100
From 09/28/2019 23:01
Good album, and most definitely ahead of it's time. It's very experimental and sort of "mindless" in a sense.

Favourite Tracks: King of Spain, Pictures, Tugboat
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70/100
From 02/09/2019 23:14
Way ahead of its time, but a pretty mediocre indie album by modern standards.
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70/100
From 10/17/2018 21:22
Pretty bland Indie rock. Ive enjoyed the band before but this did not strike me in any way other than just sort of casually wondering when it would be done. I guess its just kinda uninspiring.
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Rating:  
95/100
From 11/04/2017 05:02
Best Tracks: Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste, Tugboat
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55/100
From 06/01/2016 00:55
Boring as fuck. That's what this album is.
I remember sympathizing with them when I was a teenager but now I can see that was only because they were very indie.
Time shows the true.
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85/100
From 01/28/2016 01:12
This album has a very sweet charm to it. The flavor and timbre is rather homogeneous, but when in the mood for something mellow and fuzzed out (but not overly JAMC), go for some of this, you know?
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85/100
From 10/13/2014 01:31
I might be liking it more than on fire, more consistent in my opinion, though on fire has more peaks, it was just my first listen, let's see if with more listenings this status change, also the last song is a monster

Also this album should've been called "Symphonies In G by Galaxie 500"
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85/100
From 06/30/2014 14:44
Almost as good as On Fire. Definitely an overlooked album.
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From 04/25/2014 01:26

recorded undersea off the coast of cape cod
the sky hinted of snow
we wore sweaters and knit hats
we built a fire on the beach to keep warm
and roasted twinkies
we passed some Nyquil around and swapped stories about our dorms
Dean told a story about seeing Neil Young in concert
then we packed up the station wagon and went back home
Naomi fell asleep on Damon’s shoulder in the backseat
it was the best day of my life

"My favorite album." - Holden Caulfield
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