Villains
by The Verve Pipe
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Villains is ranked as the best album by The Verve Pipe.
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Villains track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Villains rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 701-800 | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 41/94 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 81 Music Albums of 1996 | 15/81 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 77 Music Albums of 1996 | 68/77 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  AwaitingAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Charicature | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 77/100 | 21 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Michigan | 88/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 91 | |||
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Villains ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/09/2026 23:49 |  MetalMan67 | 6,211 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 03:55 |  Strangel | 1,006 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 17:19 |  Milhaud | 2,151 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
Forum mentions
Repo 02/15/2024 18:30 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 06/29/2015 00:25 in What album are you listening to right now?Villains comments
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llibnanoon 09/10/2020 15:33 | #258012
Great debut album by Michigan's Verve Pipe. Rating (83.46)
This is one of my all time favorites. The Verve Pipe are overlooked repeatedly as people see them as nothing more than a one hit wonder (The Freshmen). I believe those people never listened to the album and never gave it a chance. It's a forgotten gem from the mid 90s.
latenighttv 09/05/2013 20:43 | #85261
I've had this album since the '90s but it's only in the last year or so that it's started to become a personal favourite. It's obviously considered a very ordinary / typical post-grunge LP but that description is becoming more and more redundant, as there are influences from a few genres on display here (e.g. prog, psych, country-rock).
The performance of drummer Donny Brown is one of the best things about 'Villains', as he directs the flow of every track with style and is at the centre of all the album's best moments.
Standout tracks : 'Cattle', 'Reverend Girl'.
Romanelli 11/27/2011 16:10 | #31508
Widely overlooked and sadly forgotten. This is a much better album than anyone seems to remember.
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