Superstar Car Wash
by Goo Goo Dolls
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Goo Goo Dolls bestography
Superstar Car Wash is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by Goo Goo Dolls on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Goo Goo Dolls is Dizzy Up The Girl which is ranked number 2412 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 668.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Superstar Car Wash on YouTube
Superstar Car Wash track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Superstar Car Wash rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Repo | 1993: Even More Gems! | 11/18 | - |
| 2024 | Gallowtree | Top 30 Music Albums of 1993 | 23/30 | 1 |
| 2024 |  zwiebel | Top 85 Music Albums of 1993 | 41/85 | 3 |
| 2023 | dhbarrett | Top 21 Music Albums of 1993 | 17/21 | 1 |
| 2023 | henrygreen0203 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1993 | 1/25 | 5 |
| 2021 |  CA Dreamin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2018 | CA Dreamin | Top 6 Music Albums of 1993 | 6/6 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 78 | |||
Superstar Car Wash collection
Showing all 12 members who have this album in their collection
Superstar Car Wash ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 33 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/09/2026 01:40 |  AwaitingAndrew | 2,592 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 00:27 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 22:46 | traistboar | 1,795 | 79/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.4/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
Superstar Car Wash favourites
Superstar Car Wash forum mentions
Superstar Car Wash comments
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
1. 90
2. 65
3. 55
4. 60
5. 95
6. 50
7. 90
8. 60
9. 55
10. 50
11. 70
12. 60
13. 50
14. 60
Superstar Car Wash is usually the album most people refer to as the real debut of the Goo Goo Dolls since it marks their first true album filled with power-pop and pop-punk made for the masses. While this album doesn't contain any hit singles and remains mostly a very average effort, it's a clear improvement over the band's three previous records. The undying energy, the loud guitars and the banging drums all return, but there's a bigger emphasis on hooky melodies and memorable choruses this time around. Most songs are very forgettable, though, and only Fallin' Down, We Are The Normal and Girl Next To Me truly stand out. There are also leftovers present from the band's earlier material, such as the punkish Domino.
By the second half, the songs feel very repetitive and it seems the band has tun out of things to say. I wouldn't say this is an essential listen, but it's a perfectly adequate 90s power-pop album.
TheDude85 05/13/2019 18:32 | #236214
Followed up on their tour opening for The Replacements with this album. One of the novelties of this album is that Head Replacement, Paul Westerberg, co-wrote the lyrics for "We Are The Normal". Other tracks demonstrate a move away from power punk to power pop that became the formula for GGD more mainstream success.
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/18/2012 18:54 | #42649
This is the beginning of them as a melodic power pop band. It's still not good but you can see the roots of good things to come.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
