El Oso
by Soul Coughing

El Oso by Soul Coughing
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 6,609th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 46 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (106th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,065th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,609th)

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Soul Coughing bestography

El Oso is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Soul Coughing on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Soul Coughing is Ruby Vroom which is ranked number 3781 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 386.

Soul Coughing album bestography « Higher ranked (3,781st)
Ruby Vroom
This album (6,609th)
El Oso
Lower ranked (12,514th) »
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(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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El Oso track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,609th | 1990s rank: 1,065th | 1998 rank: 106th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 46 votes)
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75/100
 
02/03/2025 23:46 jnmayles  Ratings distribution  2,11473/100
 
45/100
 
06/09/2023 19:30 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33049/100
 
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05/08/2023 03:26 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,41064/100
 
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03/11/2023 22:07 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100
 
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10/31/2022 11:36 jonny5244  Ratings distribution  8,43563/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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From 07/31/2013 00:21 | #82770
Wow, this record grows. After a lot of listens you really see the immensity being brought to the table. No other band uses upright bass to the effect these guys do—"Funky" is the best way to describe it, but it's the opposite of mindless. This is fused with electronics, providing a timeless quality. Obvious pick is I Miss The Girl, one of Soul Coughing's best tracks—but the whole album grooves down many avenues.
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From 03/02/2013 05:17 | #66643
This was back in the days I used to listen to X-96 at work for a few hours every day. "Circles" was a song they played a few times a day for a while... everyone in the office got real sick of it, except for me, so since I was manning the radio, it got turned up every time it came on.
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70/100
From 04/28/2012 17:17 | #41124
Decent record, fav tracks; Rolling, Circles, $300.
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