Today
by Galaxie 500
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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 434 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,839.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Today 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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2026 01:12 |  AAL2014 | 4,052 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 23:29 |  Purplepash | 4,941 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2026 14:38 | Fritz | 1,349 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 03:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,112 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 14:05 | Banner | 4,922 | 80/100 |
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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 79.1/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Boltzmann 04/08/2021 14:28 | #268326
Bearable compared to their second album. There is a shred of energy distinguishable in this album at least.
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
Way ahead of its time, but a pretty mediocre indie album by modern standards.
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.
Best Tracks: Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste, Tugboat
JoaoMoreira 06/01/2016 00:55 | #167467
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.
imimesis 01/28/2016 01:12 | #157930 | TOP COMMENT
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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?
Antonio-Pedro 10/13/2014 01:31 | #124274 | TOP COMMENT
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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"
HoldenM 06/30/2014 14:44 | #115649 | TOP COMMENT
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Almost as good as On Fire. Definitely an overlooked album.
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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