Free-For-All (studio album) by Michael Penn

Free-For-All by Michael Penn
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 40,871st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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71/100 (from 21 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (611th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (6,528th)
Award Best albums of all time (40,871st)

Michael Penn bestography

Free-For-All is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Michael Penn on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Michael Penn is March which is ranked number 21171 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 47.

Michael Penn album bestography « Higher ranked (21,171st) This album (40,871st) Lower ranked (49,790th) »
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71/100 (from 21 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 68.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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From 10/28/2010 19:28
CONTEXT: Penn's 2nd album had no chance at commercial success; it was far too studious for rock radio. It contains the best and worst elements of Penn's craftsmanship.
MUSIC: Nothing on this album is as immediadely gripping as his best work, but the songs are filled with lots of subtle hooks and interesting sounds.
LYRICS: Penn comes up with some interesting phrase turns, but as a whole, the lyrics are impenetrable. Like Cobain's lyrics, there are plenty of unique images among seemingly random verses. Very "interesting", but not the stuff of great rock n roll.
HIGHLIGHTS: Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In), Slipping My Mind
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