Hotwired
by The Soup Dragons
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The Soup Dragons bestography
Hotwired is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by The Soup Dragons on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Soup Dragons is This Is Our Art which is ranked number 32908 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 25.
(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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Hotwired track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hotwired 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 |  Romanelli | Top 87 Music Albums of 1992 | 26/87 | 4 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 801-900 | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1992 | 91/92 | 0 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 45 Music Albums of 1992 | 36/45 | 1 |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Top 98 Music Albums of 1992 | 20/98 | 4 |
| 2024 |  drstuey | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | drstuey | Top 17 Music Albums of 1992 | 6/17 | 4 |
| 2012 |  lancashirearab | Best Scottish Albums | 98/100 | - |
| 1992 | WOXY.com | The 97 Best Of 1992 | 21/93 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
Hotwired collection
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Hotwired ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/24/2024 13:49 | cicadelic | 13,840 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2023 08:04 | drstuey | 2,709 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2023 20:25 | Sumbody | 1,916 | 75/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.3.
Forum mentions
Romanelli 07/01/2026 17:13 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
neilgee 08/20/2022 14:30 in What album are you listening to right now? neilgee 03/12/2021 05:29 in What album are you listening to right now?Hotwired comments
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drstuey 03/29/2021 21:47 | #267942
Solid indie-dance crossover album, where the guitar riffs largely work well with the beats that don't sound too dated 30 years later. There's a lot of the Rolling Stones influence that Primal Scream moved to with Give Out and Don't Give Out. The production with backing singers and samples fills the sound out nicely.
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