What Does Anything Mean? Basically
by The Chameleons
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What Does Anything Mean? Basically is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by The Chameleons on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Chameleons is Script Of The Bridge which is ranked number 805 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,148.
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What Does Anything Mean? Basically 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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| ! | 08/12/2026 23:49 |  serpico | 892 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 12:12 | DrTchock97 | 740 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 11:18 |  Timhop | 26 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2026 15:13 | daCritic | 4,592 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 20:53 | BurndenAce | 1,267 | 76/100 |
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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 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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timtooky 04/26/2014 21:22 | #110156
scrpit of the bridge is miles above this "inhibited" one. it feels like they are a bit disoriented and don't know what to do with the songs... (Edited)
Norman Bates 05/19/2013 14:28 | #76596 | TOP COMMENT
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The best track, "Perfume Garden" is unlisted. The tracklisting is all wrong anyway. Whatever, very good record, and an improvement on their first. (Edited)
Secondsoul 12/04/2012 15:06 | #56718 | TOP COMMENT
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Not quite as good as "Script of the Bridge" but nonetheless a truly great album (Edited)
johnner 10/22/2012 01:37 | #53120 | TOP COMMENT
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If only they were as good as their reputation, the album is passable but the over-wrought singing and over exaggerated lyricism is embarrassing. However, In Shreds is a good song. (Edited)
cartoken 12/01/2011 17:49 | #31837 | TOP COMMENT
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a flawless post punk masterpiece ! so underrated (Edited)
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