Spare Ribs
by Sleaford Mods
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Sleaford Mods bestography
Spare Ribs is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Sleaford Mods on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sleaford Mods is Divide And Exit which is ranked number 5926 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 230.
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Spare Ribs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spare Ribs rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0001-0100* | 40/81 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2021 by Piccadilly Records | 17/55 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 88 Music Albums of 2021 | 83/88 | 0 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 57 Music Albums of 2021 | 57/57 | 0 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2021 101-200 | 94/100 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | Top 76 Music Albums of 2021 | 36/76 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 57 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 107 | |||
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Spare Ribs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/15/2026 08:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2024 14:21 | Robmc70 | 1,487 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2023 21:53 | LosWochos | 47,530 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.0/100, a mean average of 64.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
Spare Ribs forum mentions
Purplepash 07/04/2021 05:26 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 01/15/2021 13:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2021-01-11) (week 02, 2021)Spare Ribs comments
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"Spare Ribs" is minimalist class critique. Lyricism is primarily concerned with the failures of the upper class and the entrapped lower class. The first hand personal aspects add a layer of emotional effectiveness. Especially on "Mork N Mindy", you are given a vivid but crude first hand glimpse to suburban decay. The vocals at their best are grimey and driven, but often times have rusty flow and lack effective melody. The instrumentals are bare bones, using only one synth or bassline for the most part. It provides a directness to the themes, but at the cost of memorability. The B side contains more layered beats that raise the quality up. "Spare Ribs" has good ideas but needs more meat to truly succeed.
drstuey 09/05/2021 11:25 | #273327 | TOP COMMENT
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This is just demos? Recorded in pandemic lockdown with the band members separated? It's almost all just Jason rapping over very sparse drum machine arrangements with only occasional bass and guitar and backing vocalist. While the lyrics are somewhat interesting, the very simple arrangements get quite tiresome.
pjohnsongolf TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/16/2021 01:03 | #264491
Some of the instrumentation is great with great bass lines. The vocals and lyrics however, are less than desirable
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