The Good Earth
by The Feelies

The Good Earth by The Feelies
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-05-00
Overall rank: 3,421st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 97 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (48th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (505th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,421st)

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The Feelies bestography

The Good Earth is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by The Feelies on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Feelies is Crazy Rhythms which is ranked number 671 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,549.

The Feelies album bestography « Higher ranked (671st)
Crazy Rhythms
This album (3,421st)
The Good Earth
Lower ranked (13,537th) »
Only Life

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The Good Earth rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,421st | 1980s rank: 505th | 1986 rank: 48th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 97 votes)
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05/13/2026 22:07 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,16080/100
 
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02/12/2026 09:21 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,58569/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:25 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,84865/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.


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80/100
I like The Feelies very much with their own take on VU and R.E.M. and I think this album is even more accomplished than Crazy Rhythms. I especially like Slipping (Into Something).
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90/100
Crazy Rhythms gets all the props but as far as I'm concerned, this is the ultimate Feelies album. It's kind of like the positive version of WL/WH (dig all the healthy positive vibes coming through the insistent massive jamming) and almost as good.
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