Ultimate Alternative Wavers
by Built To Spill
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Built To Spill bestography
Ultimate Alternative Wavers is ranked 9th best out of 13 albums by Built To Spill on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Built To Spill is Perfect From Now On which is ranked number 281 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,757.
(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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Ultimate Alternative Wavers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ultimate Alternative Wavers rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1993 | 52/56 | 0 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1993 | 34/91 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 73 Music Albums of 1993 | 20/73 | 4 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 29 Music Albums of 1993 | 8/29 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 49 Music Albums of 1993 | 48/49 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1993 | 28/49 | 2 |
| 2026 | ChadMiles | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 90/99 | 10 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1993 | 18/62 | 4 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1993 | 23/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 102 | |||
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Ultimate Alternative Wavers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 10:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,603 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 03:44 | lanadeleswift | 3,819 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 23:42 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Ultimate Alternative Wavers forum mentions
neilgee 09/29/2025 13:58 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 05/05/2022 19:27 in My discoveries per year
NoisyBeast 05/15/2019 18:47 in What album are you listening to right now?Ultimate Alternative Wavers comments
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I have this at the top of the list partly because I've likely listened to it more than any other album. I've been listening to it for 17 years, more than half my life, and I've never grown tired of it. It still amazes me as much as it did in high school. Best album of all time? I don't know. But it's my favorite. (Edited)
flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/17/2016 18:31 | #166305
Shameful Dread is my favourite BTS song. That, Three Years Ago Today and Nowhere Nothin' Fuck Up are among their very best. (Edited)
luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/17/2018 17:34 | #215010
Not bad, we can already see here the potential of these guys. 7/10. (Edited)
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