The Correct Use Of Soap (studio album)
by Magazine
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Magazine bestography
The Correct Use Of Soap is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Magazine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Magazine is Real Life which is ranked number 1067 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,627.
(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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The Correct Use Of Soap track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/25/2025 22:51 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,267 | 84/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:31 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2025 08:08 |  RasmV | 2,441 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2025 02:15 | dhbarrett | 8,076 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2025 14:26 | rfowler | 443 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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An energetic and enjoyable album from Magazine. It's a surprisingly overlooked record, but it's full of good songs. Maybe not as strong as, real life, but decent enough.
A step down in quality from their first 2 records but there are still gems to be found here, notably Song From Under the Floorboards
johnner 10/21/2012 14:56 | #52961
Song Under The Floorboards is excellent.
The first time I listened to this disc, and the overall impression is not the best. One or two songs worthy of note the rest very average. :(
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