The Good Earth
by The Feelies
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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 672 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,560.
(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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The Good Earth track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Good Earth rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 22/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 14 Music Albums of 1986 | 5/14 | 4 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Top 63 Music Albums of the 1980s | 47/63 | 5 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 78 Music Albums of 1986 | 29/78 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 48/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 29 Music Albums of 1986 | 12/29 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 85 Music Albums of 1986 | 44/85 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 94 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 436 | |||
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The Good Earth ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/15/2026 09:19 |  RasmV | 2,614 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2026 22:07 | Skerns | 5,213 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2026 09:21 | JamesMowbray | 5,710 | 69/100 |
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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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The Good Earth forum mentions
neilgee 11/08/2024 21:38 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Romanelli 12/30/2023 14:09 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
Repo 11/08/2020 16:04 in My discoveries per yearThe Good Earth comments
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Amirkhosro 10/15/2016 11:36 | #176921 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
dihansse 03/09/2021 20:43 | #267137 | TOP COMMENT
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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). (Edited)
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