Crash
by Dave Matthews Band
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Crash is ranked as the best album by Dave Matthews Band.
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Crash track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Crash rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 1996 | 50/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | Brando1788 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 93/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 48/100 | 3 | |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 27 Music Albums of 1996 | 24/27 | 1 |
| 2026 | awightma | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 9/40 | 74 |
| 2026 | Top 96 Music Albums of 1996 | 86/96 | 1 | |
| 2026 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 78/100 | 5 | |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 3 | 20/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 63/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 186 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 953 | |||
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Crash ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 22:10 | Skerns | 5,220 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 13:04 | RemainInLight | 3,876 | 36/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 00:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,823 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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Like eating vanilla ice cream. Actually, it's more like making ice cream, y'know with the ice and the coffee can and the grinding and general annoyance that's supposed to make you appriciate the end product but then you ended up eating shitty homemade vanilla ice cream and you have to sit there and smile because you're eleven and your dad only has you for the weekend so this was supposed to be the highlight of your month, and his girlfriend Kathy is going to be here in ten min..........
Like I said, it's like vanilla ice cream. (Edited)
Dave Matthews and his jam band release the sequel to Under The Table and Dreaming. The production here is better and the whole thing sounds more professional than the debut.
It's sound is consistent with their first release and Carter Beauford is one of the best drummers I have ever heard.
DMB gets unfairly roped into the college jam band grouping which minimizes their talent. They do that well too, but these are smart layered pop rock songs as well.
There are more dud songs here than the debut so I prefer Under the Table over this.
Cry Freedom, Proudest Monkey, Say Goodbye and Let You Down are all below average songs.
The Rest of this is excellent.
I rank it 3rd behind Busted Stuff and Under the Table
I got into these guys watching some live video of theirs. Amazing performances/musicianship. The songwriting is ok. Very 90s feel on this record and kinda not in a good way. My sister makes fun of it and says only people that wear Birkenstock sandals and blueberry beer will listen to this album. You must also have a jean button up shirt or jean jacket while listening to it.
First 4 songs are possibly the most solid on the album for this time around.
For mid-90s safe-as-milk songwriter jam-rock, this is actually not that bad. Easy to like and listen to.
I would prefer this album without vocals at some parts. Some instruments in the intros are quite nice, but the rest is pretty bland. Too long for what it is also. Too Much & Say Goodbye are probably the best songs.
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