Head
by The Jesus Lizard

Head by The Jesus Lizard
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 12,518th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 40 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (169th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (2,005th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,518th)

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The Jesus Lizard bestography

Head is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by The Jesus Lizard on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Jesus Lizard is Goat which is ranked number 1335 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,277.

The Jesus Lizard album bestography « Higher ranked (3,885th)
Liar
This album (12,518th)
Head
Lower ranked (19,709th) »
Shot

(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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Head rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,518th | 1990s rank: 2,005th | 1990 rank: 169th
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2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 199031/1004
2025 WasinskiTop 80 Music Albums of 199021/804
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199093/1000
2025vruslovTop 95 Music Albums of 19907/955
2025 Xxnu99etxXAlbums produced/mixed/engineered by Steve Albini ranked40/43 -
2025cmoshier50 Best Steve Albini Albums7/49 -
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 199016/1004
2024RioBravoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums46/10045
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 199013/100 -
2024 ArthurknightTop 99 Music Albums of 199044/993
2023 Xxnu99etxXTop 33 Music Albums of 199020/332
2023 Xxnu99etxXThe Jesus Lizard (& Related) Discography Ranked3/6 -
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 199018/1004
2022 NoisyBeastTop 1000 Albums of the 1990s... # 101 - 20030/100 -
2022 rockbluesfolkjazTop 75 Music Albums of 199069/750
2022 ERadioTop 55 Music Albums of 199051/550
2022 MercuryTop 42 Music Albums of 199012/424
2022 craolaTop 20 Music Albums of 199010/203
2020 SpyglassA Mood for DIY91/100 -
2019 blvckgovtHonorable Mentions: 1990s10/22 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 29
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 92
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Head ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 40 votes)
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70/100
 
01/20/2026 09:38 robertoveltri  Ratings distribution  82279/100
 
65/100
 
11/30/2025 17:04 TodFitz  Ratings distribution  27,35163/100
 
95/100
 
11/29/2025 04:48 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,53073/100
 
70/100
 
04/25/2025 18:32 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
85/100
 
01/05/2025 22:55 vruslov  Ratings distribution  8,90874/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.2.

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