Several Shades Of Why
by J Mascis
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J Mascis bestography
Several Shades Of Why is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by J Mascis on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by J Mascis is Tied To A Star which is ranked number 7862 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 162.
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Several Shades Of Why track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Several Shades Of Why rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 40 Music Albums of 2011 | 34/40 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 70 Music Albums of 2011 | 24/70 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2011 | 33/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ShadowColossi | Top 70 Music Albums of the 2010s | 8/70 | 18 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 1001-1100 | 41/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard :: 2011 Year In Review | 42/59 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 79 Music Albums of 2011 | 20/79 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 147 | |||
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Several Shades Of Why ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/15/2025 13:38 | TonySayers61 | 25,961 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2025 23:22 | dhbarrett | 8,865 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2025 04:34 |  Nacho212 | 1,954 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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Several Shades Of Why forum mentions
Repo 02/02/2024 10:34 in What album are you listening to right now? ShadowColossi 04/02/2016 18:52 in Suggestions on Artists/Albums of the Indie Folk genre?View all forum mentions
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zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/24/2013 19:12 | #89092 | TOP COMMENT
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The guy just knows how to craft a tight track. It's a restrained affair; it almost sounds like a Dinosaur Jr. demo tape. Whether or not that's a good thing probably depends on whether you prefer your rock songs to pack a little more punch. I kinda dig the acoustic take.
The album where J proves that he can do more than just make walls of noise. He'll always be one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
J turn off the amps and wrote these stunning songs with acoustic guitars.
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