Back In The USA (studio album)
by MC5
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MC5 bestography
Back In The USA is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by MC5 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by MC5 is Kick Out The Jams which is ranked number 1019 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,711.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Back In The USA track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Back In The USA rankings
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Back In The USA ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/17/2025 12:57 |  VictorVale | 3,701 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2025 18:23 | LittleM1971 | 5,821 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2025 19:38 |  dihansse | 6,222 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2025 17:08 | BurndenAce | 1,020 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2025 05:19 | traistboar | 1,459 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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Solid Rock n Roll album. First half good, second half tailing off a bit. For myself 'Let Me Try' is best track and hidden gem of the album
I was actually pretty disappointed by this. Maybe it's the fact that a lot of the proto punk from this era that we still talk about is absolutely timeless, but I can't imagine a time will ever come where I prefer this to a Velvet Underground or Gang Of Four record or anything. It seems lackluster and less innovative than everything else that was going on.
Way ahead of their time this record is revolutionary.
swhaze 12/29/2014 15:44 | #130365
It's hard for me to believe that these guys weren't popular upon the release of "Back in the USA."
Pretty good record.
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