Venereology
by Merzbow
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Merzbow bestography
Venereology is ranked 5th best out of 44 albums by Merzbow on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Merzbow is Pulse Demon which is ranked number 10955 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 109.
(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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Venereology track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Venereology rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | CripplingAutism | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1990s | 83/91 | 2 |
| 2024 |  Anti | My Journey Through The Merzbow Discography | 6/10 | - |
| 2024 |  doubleA | Top 88 Greatest Music Albums | 74/88 | 13 |
| 2022 |  kadupheming | Top 95 Music Albums of 1994 | 27/95 | 4 |
| 2015 | CripplingAutism | Top 8 Music Albums of 1994 | 6/8 | 2 |
| 2014 |  unwound | Man-made Noise (Techno, Ambient, Trip-Hop, Industrial, Noise) | 42/100 | - |
| 2011 | InsertExpletive | Top 75 Greatest Music Albums | 45/75 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Venereology ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/23/2025 14:01 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2024 23:55 | bcc | 1,132 | 68/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2023 22:49 |  DommeDamian | 7,881 | 48/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.2.
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Venereology forum mentions
SuedeSwede 04/23/2016 01:16 in Swede, Crackle 'n' Pop!
albummaster 07/02/2013 14:00 in World album of the day (#307): Venereology by MerzbowView latest topic →
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Torchlin 07/03/2013 14:03 | #80372
A not so playful kind of harsh noise.
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