Isn't Anything
by My Bloody Valentine
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My Bloody Valentine bestography
Isn't Anything is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by My Bloody Valentine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by My Bloody Valentine is Loveless which is ranked number 24 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,641.
(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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Isn't Anything track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Isn't Anything rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 54 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  btener11 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 74 Music Albums of 1988 | 41/74 | 2 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1988 | 15/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Nacho212 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 92/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 26 Music Albums of 1988 | 2/26 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top Greatest Music Albums 201-300 | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 51 Music Albums of 1988 | 41/51 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 533 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,529 | |||
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Isn't Anything ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/22/2026 20:02 | stareaterogni0n | 571 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2026 17:46 | morphee | 1,218 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 17:51 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.6/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 45 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdept BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5395): By areminderIsn't Anything comments
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I can't fully decide if I like this album or not, but I appreciate what they did in 1988, because it sounds very ahead of its time. It's not an easy listening, this record is very noisy and there is only a few clear melodies, so it demands a couple of relistens and after them I started to enjoy this album much more. (Edited)
Jboy56 02/20/2022 15:27 | #281615
Sorry for being blasphemous; The sound of this album is just one noise, but perhaps my ears are filled with wax and that is fake news.
Needs an infinite amount of relistens, but I do not have the time in the world. (Edited)
VictorVale 04/03/2021 22:47 | #268173
A quantidade que influência que esse álbum promoveu é enorme!
teague 07/26/2020 00:53 | #256211
Isn't Anything is a good debut, in that it displayed what My Bloody Valentine were about, i.e. their sound and goal as a band. It doesn't achieve everything it's set out to do perfectly, but Isn't Anything is certainly a valiant effort. It's a bit disjointed at parts and the production is pretty odd sounding (the snare particularly sounds very electronic/choppy and is soaked in reverb).
Timestarter 06/12/2020 13:37 | #253357
Fav. Tracks: Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside), Lose My Breath, All I Need, Sueisfine.
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