The Mollusk
by Ween
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The Mollusk is ranked as the best album by Ween.
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The Mollusk track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Mollusk rankings
The Mollusk rankings summary
Overall rank: 555th | 1990s rank: 93rd | 1997 rank: 13th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 20/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 82/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 35 Music Albums of 1997 | 6/35 | 4 |
| 2026 | skrapoel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 66/100 | 32 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Brando1788 | Top 33 Music Albums of the 1990s | 17/33 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 373 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,080 | |||
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The Mollusk collection
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The Mollusk ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/27/2026 23:59 |  AvalancheGrips | 784 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2026 11:06 | Timooosterink | 918 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2026 20:57 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.4/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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The Mollusk forum mentions
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BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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rvdawesome 02/11/2015 02:09 | #134664 | TOP COMMENT
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Everyone who dislikes this always just dismisses it as a comedy record even though it's so much more. It's absolutely gorgeous. Buckingham Green is lyrically a send up of pretentious prog rock but the music is incredible, the guitar solo is amazing, and the orchestral accompaniment is beautiful, all of this together making it one of the heart wrenching songs ive ever heard. The last three songs (including the aforementioned Buckingham Green) are definitely the high point, but the album is filled with great songs like the silly opener, the trippy title track, and the Prince-influenced It's Gonna Be (Alright). The only lull in the album is Pink Eye (On My Leg), but even Dark Side of the Moon had On The Run, Revolver had Dr Robert, and Blood On The Tracks had fucking Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts. God i fucking hate that song. One less than great song aside, The Mollusk is a wonderful album that i highly recommend to anyone who stumbles across it. (Edited)
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BlueDubai 05/06/2014 09:47 | #110959 | TOP COMMENT
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Very surprised this album isn't as popular as it should be and recognized as. A weird, disturbingly overly humorous, ridiculous, tight, beautifully brilliant album.
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Kurtco TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/03/2019 19:04 | #234468 | TOP COMMENT
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Ah! The Mollusk ... Hipgnosis has certainly not missed his brilliant cover art where an agglomerate of lobsters and other crustaceans of the abyss mingle in a sub-set of the most refined. The title of the tracks pays tribute to the stoic derision that is the soul of the album, including the bright "Waving my dick in the wind". When I discovered Ween (thanks to this album) I immediately laughed but with several listenings I perceived the genius of the band. In this extraordinary album, each piece is a different style from the others. Thus, Ween blithely passes electronic music, folks ballads disturbed, mystical, or just crazy. "The Mollusk" is a little jewel of humor and music, where the skill of these brilliant Ween is revealed with brilliance.
10/10
Best track: "Ocean Man"
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Pancakes 05/29/2016 19:51 | #167195 | TOP COMMENT
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BowieGhostsBub 06/21/2017 16:18 | #192975
When an album inspires the Spongebob Squarepants show, you know it won't disappoint. There's something magical about it that just captivates me. The Golden Eel, It's Gonna Be (Alright), The Mollusk. All these tracks and others invoke a mood of wonder. Ween always brings the goods.
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