Teenager Of The Year
by Frank Black
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Teenager Of The Year is ranked as the best album by Frank Black.
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Teenager Of The Year track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Teenager Of The Year rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Repo | Rank 'Em: Pixies/Frank Black | 1/6 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 5/71 | 5 |
| 2026 | arturo | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 36/40 | 12 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 801-900 | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 | ChadMiles | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 55/99 | 44 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1994 | 38/44 | 1 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 69/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 126 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 488 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/16/2026 20:34 | AledJames | 1,704 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 03:26 | stareaterogni0n | 586 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/24/2026 19:58 |  covecove | 6,713 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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BestEverAlbums 09/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5443): By javicho07 Romanelli 08/24/2026 17:51 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 09/09/2023 13:59 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Milk Of Human KindnessTeenager Of The Year comments
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Listening to Teenager of the Year, I can't help but be amazed at the amount of music this man had inside of him. This 22 songs-long tour de force manages to be astounding from start fo finish despite its ambitious length and it's as good, or maybe even better, than anything he did with the Pixies. Frank's newfound fondness of difficult rhymes and experimentation with different rhyme schemes showcase his maturity as a lyricist, especially in songs like 'Olé Mullholand' and the beautiful word-perfect 'Speedy Marie'. With his second solo output, Frank Black revindicates himself as one of the great songwriters of the alternative movement. (Edited)
Strong songwriting, and Black has put together a very good band. I like the guitar heavy sound with organ or synch background, and nice jangly piano on some tracks. He does a nice job changing up musical styles, including some ska or raggae on "Fiddle Riddle". A few songs do fall flat, and I didn't care for the rockabilly beat on the last couple of tracks (or was that supposed to be punk, anyway it doesn't work). Still it's a very strong album overall, if not quite as good as the best of Pixies. Best: "Calistan", "Olé Mulholland", "Space Is Gonna Do Me Good". (Edited)
and turn it up to ten! (Edited)
Haven't had this much fun listening to an album beginning to end in a long time. (Edited)
Jboy56 03/12/2022 07:42 | #282763 | TOP COMMENT
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A mixed bag. Lots of songs and as an album listen not recommended, way too long..
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