Pang
by Caroline Polachek

Pang by Caroline Polachek
Year: 2019
Release date: 2019-10-18
Overall rank: 2,394th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 115 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2019 (28th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (384th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,394th)

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Caroline Polachek bestography

Pang is ranked 2nd best out of 2 albums by Caroline Polachek on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Caroline Polachek is Desire, I Want To Turn Into You which is ranked number 1132 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,541.

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Pang rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,394th | 2010s rank: 384th | 2019 rank: 28th  Overall chart history
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2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 201912/1004
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of 201927/1004
2026JohnnyoQ magazine 2019 (2 B deleted)21/49 -
2026 PurplepashRanked listening log 2019 201-3005/100 -
2026mutantTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s83/1004
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 201917/1004
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 201927/1004
2026sweetnessTop 80 Music Albums of 201933/803
2026lanadeleswiftTop 100 Music Albums of 201922/1004
2026 katerpillarTop 100 Greatest Music Albums20/10079
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 20196/1005
2026SkernsTop 93 Music Albums of 201974/931
2026JohnnyoDazed Magazine's 20 best albums of 20191/20 -
2026 baystateoftheartTop 100 Music Albums of 20198/1005
2026 katerpillarMy most listened to in 20252/20 -
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 201955/1002
2026HyggevinylTop 55 Music Albums of 201943/551
2026joathomeTop 85 Music Albums of 201960/852
2026juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 201919/1004
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s85/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 121
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 676
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 115 votes)
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05/30/2026 21:13 Mmorrison22  Ratings distribution  2,15777/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.


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70/100
From 07/14/2021 21:02 | #271621
To act like this has nothing to do with art pop is naive, but I'll admit that looking at this record from a different angle, coming from the hyperpop (I guess that's the electropop corenfro refers to) of Charli XCX, Sophie and PC Music - even though it could as accurately be categorized into baroque pop - this project suddenly proves to be much more influential - I am almost convinced Charli XCX's "7 Years" is a cover of Polachek's "So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings". Anyway, I feel bad for not noticing how good it was first, but without a proper context art is nonsense of course, and the fact that this album didn't explain that context to me instantly and I had to find it elsewhere so that this could make sense, does tell me it might still not be the best album in its genre. And now I'm afraid of overrating it, because maybe I should listen to my contextless self, but perhaps he was just listening to it too superficially. But anyway a 6/10 it ain't.
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Rating:  
80/100
Sometimes I'm glad I completely ignore the ratings & comments on this site before I listen to any sub genres of pop.

This is a perfectly fine record without the pretentiousness of a St. Vincent or FKA Twigs record because that's not what this is. Electropop gang FOR LIFE
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70/100
From 01/05/2021 12:16 | #263856
Of the art pop albums this decade, this one does not stand out. It's so toothless compared St. Vincent or Róisín Murphy.
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From 07/25/2020 03:02 | #256176
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80/100
Very nice album, her voice is really intense and her lyrics are sometimes amazing.
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100/100
Just an amazing album. One of the more underrated albums on this site. Great vocals and top notch production make this one of the better albums of the year. From start to finish this is pretty amazing. A lot of focus is given to "Door" which is a great song but "Parachute" might be my favorite song here.
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