Bites
by Skinny Puppy
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Skinny Puppy bestography
Bites is ranked 6th best out of 26 albums by Skinny Puppy on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Skinny Puppy is Too Dark Park which is ranked number 4661 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 307.
(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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Bites track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bites rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 90 Music Albums of 1985 | 53/90 | 2 |
| 2025 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 6 Music Albums of 1985 | 4/6 | 3 |
| 2025 | TheDarkOrb | Top 83 Music Albums of the 1980s | 22/83 | 15 |
| 2025 | Paste | The 30 Greatest Albums of 1985 | 22/30 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | TheDarkOrb | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 83/100 | 13 |
| 2023 | sonicdiscourse | 1985 To-Do List | 22/94 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 77 | |||
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Bites ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/13/2024 19:50 |  btener11 | 3,910 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2023 10:42 |  LedZep | 5,156 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2023 16:17 | TonySayers61 | 25,789 | 64/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Bites forum mentions
Repo 10/30/2019 03:50 in What album are you listening to right now?Bites comments
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phantom1305 03/16/2017 08:05 | #187511
I haven't been a consistent Skinny Puppy fan so I'll refrain from talking too much about the band as a whole. I loved their first three albums, then gave Too Dark Park a listen and while I didn't hate it, I found it harder to get into.
Regardless, I love Bites. Without a doubt, this is my favorite Skinny Puppy album. Assimilate grabbed my attention right away with its almost alien sound and haunting, yet catchy tune.
I also love how this album has a lot of hard hitting songs like Assimilate or Blood on the Walls, but it's balanced with a lot of surprisingly quieter moments as well such as Film or the bonus track Love. It really gives the album a much-welcomed sense of atmosphere that is rare for a lot of industrial music.
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