Yerself Is Steam
by Mercury Rev
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Mercury Rev bestography
Yerself Is Steam is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by Mercury Rev on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mercury Rev is Deserter's Songs which is ranked number 657 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,609.
(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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Yerself Is Steam track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Yerself Is Steam rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | martintho | Top 36 Music Albums of 1991 | 17/36 | 3 |
| 2026 |  BozoTyrannus | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 32/99 | 14 |
| 2026 | golrab67 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 12/40 | 70 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 48 Music Albums of 1991 | 38/48 | 1 |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 58 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 88 Music Albums of 1991 | 47/88 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 44/100 | 53 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1991 | 21/56 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 235 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,777 | |||
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Yerself Is Steam ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/27/2026 22:51 | Melway94 | 118 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2026 08:12 | robertoveltri | 912 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2026 17:09 |  Leonard | 6,642 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Yerself Is Steam forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5454): By mianfei BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026Yerself Is Steam comments
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CellarDoor TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/02/2009 17:28 | #4561 | TOP COMMENT
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Beware! Anyone familiar with "Deserter's Songs", this is NOT chamber pop, but beautiful noise pop. If you like noise, this is the place to go. Blew my mind first time I heard it!
NickVolos TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/15/2014 08:13 | #109284 | TOP COMMENT
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Same band, different sounds...If you are coming here after listening to "Deserter's Songs", well these are a different set of songs more in the realm of rock than that of pop music, still as good - as long as you are prepared for it and have adjusted your expectations...
chasing a bee is fantastic and Frittering is one of my all time favorites. the rest of the album while still good can't match the level of those two songs. still overall a very interesting album.
This album is a psychedelic and schizophrenic extravaganza that merges Red Crayola's anarchic freakouts with contemplative and meditative new-age type sermons. Their sound though is not merely imitative or some kind of nostalgic tribute to an age of 'acid' San Fransisco hippydom, but is an imaginative and chaotic vision of the human condition that is tempered by fits of neurosis and decadent atmospheres that exaggerate Neil Young's hyper guitar distortions and sonic propulsions.
This album is beautiful 'noise' that ranks as not only one of the most important records of psychedelic rock, but is one of the masterpieces of the 1990's.
benpaco 09/21/2013 21:31 | #86398 | TOP COMMENT
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Hmmm ... I don't see what I'm missing. A lot of people who really liked this have similar tastes in music as me, but I just can't even vaguely enjoy this. I wanted to find a high moment but ... I can't really think of one. Sorry guys ...
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