Spinal Tap (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "This Is Spinal Tap" An Embassy Pictures Release)
by Spın̈al Tap
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1984
Release date: 1984-03-02
Overall rank: 9,938th
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Spinal Tap (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "This Is Spinal Tap" An Embassy Pictures Release) is ranked as the best album by Spın̈al Tap.
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Spinal Tap (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "This Is Spinal Tap" An Embassy Pictures Release) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spinal Tap (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "This Is Spinal Tap" An Embassy Pictures Release) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 18 Music Albums of 1984 | 11/18 | 2 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 89/98 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 66 Music Albums of 1984 | 53/66 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1984 | 13/53 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 72 Music Albums of 1984 | 59/72 | 1 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 27 Music Albums of 1984 | 12/27 | 3 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1984 | 26/61 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | 100 top soundtracks of all time by DMD | 64/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 39 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 123 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/02/2026 00:44 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 22:27 | Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2025 21:54 | mrmcrook | 1,139 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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If this was just a regular album I wouldn't give it a particularly good rating, but as a parody of all the tired cliches in 70s and 80s rock music it works brilliantly (especially with how hilariously stupid some of the lyrics are)
You'd need to watch the film first though before listening to this as that helps so much with the context of this soundtrack (Edited)
SamuelPear 05/05/2013 16:43 | #75289 | TOP COMMENT
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Much better than Shark Sandwich which disappointed me a lot at the time ! (Edited)
Easily the most influential rock album of the 20th century. Also, the cover art is absolutely astonishing! I saw these guys at a gig in Denver and stumpy joe actually spontaneously combusted halfway through sex farm! I still have the shirt... Best show I ever saw!
While nothing musicially spectactular goes on here, this "spoof" album is a good, fun listen and fans of classic hard rock will get a kick out of this. (Edited)
I see this album goes up to 11. (Edited)
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