Snowball
by The Field Mice

Album
Snowball by The Field Mice
Year: 1989
Release date: 1989-08-25
Overall rank: 4,096th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (53rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (589th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,096th)

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Snowball rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,096th | 1980s rank: 589th | 1989 rank: 53rd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 87 votes)
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 !		03/18/2026 01:24 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,74770/100
 
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 !		11/28/2025 19:27 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100

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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.


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Snowball forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 10/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5452): By LittleM1971
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s by LittleM1971 () 1. by (1989) 2. by by (1984) 4. (1980) 6. by (1988) 7. by (1985) 8. by (1980) 9. by (1986) 10. by (1988) 11. by (1983) 12. (1985) 13. (1989) 14. (1984) 15. by (1980) 16. by (1980) 17. by by (1987) 20. (1982) 21. by (1984)…”
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From dihansse 05/18/2025 20:10 in My discoveries per year
“Two albums of 1989 I listened to: First an album I already own/know: It's about time to upgrade this album considerably. That other album of theirs, The Word And The Flesh is already a long time an absolute favorite of mine because the songs go perfectly together with the, fairly clean, 3 guitar…”
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From 11/27/2013 10:36 | #94870 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Original 8 tracks are awesome of course, but what I really love are bonus tracks(which consist of 1 EP and 2 Singles) They're peak of jangle guitar pop. Idk how simple pop songs could be this good. Melodious and beautiful yet touching and emotional. I was born in 90's but this album even makes me feel the nostalgia of 80's! Really one of best albums I've found recently.

Plus, Bassist rules
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65/100
From 04/07/2012 16:45 | #39700 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Just as a Sarah Records band should sound. A really nice album. Thankyou mancsoulsister for the shout.
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From 09/06/2011 23:37 | #27169 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Twee Indie Pop at its very best. A must listen to for any aspiring Indie Kid!
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90/100
From 04/09/2012 22:00 | #39891 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I just started writing a comment about the best songs on this album, then i realized there is literally about 12 of them! Just listen!
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From 12/24/2014 20:59 | #130060 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
After the breakup between you and your significant other, you spent the following week alternating between running and/or walking and writing your deepest personal feelings during the nighttime.
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