You'd Prefer An Astronaut
by Hum
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You'd Prefer An Astronaut is ranked as the best album by Hum.
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You'd Prefer An Astronaut track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 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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| ! | 06/28/2026 17:09 |  identifer | 974 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2026 16:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,684 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2025 18:03 | sunnydhamm | 1,626 | 59/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2025 23:04 | jrbaker | 158 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 22:55 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
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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 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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seb7 11/05/2024 03:18 | #305887
totally positively fuckin cool
teague 12/31/2020 20:44 | #263555
Stars is really the only song that pops out for me, the rest are fairly well written alternative rock songs.
This is one of those albums where upon listening, it’s obvious how many similar bands were formed in its wake. They perfected the heavy, shoegaze-y sound here. Chino Moreno is a big fan and with good reason. Just a really solid album.
babyBlueSedan 03/01/2014 01:47 | #104900 | TOP COMMENT
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Stars is the perfect 90's underground distorted-guitars rock song. The rest isn't nearly as good, but that would be difficult. A really fun listen - if you enjoy this check out Failure's Fantastic Planet.
cattlest 06/14/2013 07:32 | #78832 | TOP COMMENT
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Much better than any of Hum's other albums, this is the one to get. Hum are the masters of the loud/slow vibe. It's both heavy and pretty. The singing style is the perfect tone for the shimmering and distorted backdrops.
...Unfortunately those things "to be said" are bad things. So I'll shut up haha!
There's something to be said about really good space rock, with near spoken word singing and some of the most influential guitar playing on young bands during the 90's. And Hum is doing all that talking.
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