Pang (studio album)
by Caroline Polachek

Pang by Caroline Polachek
Year: 2019
Release date: 2019-10-18
Overall rank: 2,592nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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77/100 (from 109 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2019 (31st)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (422nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,592nd)

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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 1554 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,094.

Caroline Polachek album bestography « Higher ranked (1,554th)
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
This album (2,592nd)
Pang
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 109 votes)
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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 77.4/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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From 07/09/2025 10:04
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From 07/14/2021 21:02
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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From 03/22/2021 17:07
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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From 01/05/2021 12:16
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 05/19/2020 05:12
Very nice album, her voice is really intense and her lyrics are sometimes amazing.
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From 03/25/2020 05:37
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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