Gumboot Soup
by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Gumboot Soup by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-12-31
Overall rank: 6,602nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 114 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (140th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,260th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,602nd)

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard bestography

Gumboot Soup is ranked 18th best out of 75 albums by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is Nonagon Infinity which is ranked number 645 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,651.

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Overall rank: 6,602nd | 2010s rank: 1,260th | 2017 rank: 140th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 114 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.

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80/100
From 08/03/2020 04:43 | #256628
Definitely worth repeated listening. The album doesn't flow song to song as we've become accustomed to with KGATLW. Really tho, there are some fantastic tracks left off of LPs!
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65/100
From 02/07/2019 06:16 | #231489
It's flows far worse than most KGATLW albums and its worse off for it. Not a fan of this one and it blatantly shows that it's just a composite of things that were cut from other albums (sometimes for good reason).
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Rating:  
80/100
From 08/28/2018 00:06 | #220179
Has King Crimson + Fleece vibe, but funkier. However it is still mellow like you are lying under the palm covered in silk, enjoying your coconut and watching the sunset. Then suddenly you wake up stoned in your basement! Moment later, next song starts and you're back on the beach. Haven't ever listened to such a perfectly incoherent album. Work of art.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 08/05/2018 05:33 | #219241
Very solid album with some great tracks. Favorites here are Muddy Water, Down the Sink, and The Wheel (the latter earned some extra points for ending in a locked groove).
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90/100
From 01/22/2018 13:15 | #206281
Most songs are great, specially the first one, but there are 2 or 3 that break a little the album in my opinion. Huge album still, I'd say King Gizzard's year is even better than Brockhampton's.
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80/100
From 01/01/2018 17:21 | #204345
One of Gizzard albums is definitely album of the year, but I'm not sure which one. They're all excellent
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80/100
From 12/30/2017 16:14 | #204132
Yes, this is may be a leftovers compilation from the past 4 albums. Yes, this album feels incoherent. But oh man, they saved some of their best material for the last one. This is the first one in a long time to not really have an album theme, but then again, as a collection of songs, it's really really good. I was afraid we were getting underworked songs, but this is good material alright. I think I'm liking it more than I should. Many are going to say it feels like an Oddments 2, but I think it is one of their very best. Maybe when I hear it again I'll change my mind. It's incoherent and it doesn't have that "flow" quality of their other albums, but I think it's very consistent.
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