The Third Reich 'N Roll
by The Residents
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The Third Reich 'N Roll is ranked 5th best out of 138 albums by The Residents on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Residents is Not Available which is ranked number 2042 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 823.
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The Third Reich 'N Roll track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Third Reich 'N Roll rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 43/100 | 55 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 23 Music Albums of 1976 | 10/23 | 3 |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | Best Album Covers | 35/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1976 | 54/88 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 38 Music Albums of 1976 | 32/38 | 1 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 12 Music Albums of 1976 | 5/12 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1976 | 81/100 | - |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 75 Music Albums of 1976 | 4/75 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 61 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 290 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2026 13:49 | cicadelic | 13,840 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 05:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,600 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2025 12:41 | mostlymor | 7,001 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5377): By Liedzeit Liedzeit 04/10/2023 09:04 in What album are you listening to right now? Liedzeit 06/23/2018 13:02 in What album are you listening to right now?The Third Reich 'N Roll comments
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AAL2014 07/25/2024 18:57 | #304546
Although a have a strange, not-yet-fully-formed fondness with their debut, this feels like a much more cohesive attempt at not just a statement, but listenability through weirdness.
I can’t believe this was released in 1976. I know there was plenty of sound-collage/art music records before this, but Third Reich and Roll feels like one of the most informative of the like-minded records from the decades to come. (Edited)
Jboy56 08/21/2023 09:43 | #298772
Noize and many experiments.. meaningless part of a music history, at least for me. (Edited)
They showed how any Nazism is ugly ?? (Edited)
Residents are famous because they are anonymous. As for all avant-garde music, either we love the album or we find it inaudible. The music of the Residents is certainly the strangest I have ever heard. Residents in this album ransack standards to unveil a piece of darkness unpublished. This infra-thin detail is especially present in popular music. It's the one used for propaganda. For their demonstration of great gravity, Residents use American rock'n'roll tubes. These are denatured and yet recognizable. What the destructive parody of Residents reveals (for our biggest melancholy melancholy or not) is the absence of intrinsic nature to the standards used. These can be interpreted according to an unlimited axis ... including Nazi. The hippie hymn "Light My Fire" adopts a fascist stiffness that is really frightening. Third Reich 'n' Roll crashes an abscess. And I can only admire the Residents' insight and their harsh criticism of popular music. And this lucidity is probably preserved because they do not belong to the world of rock. Residents, by their anonymity, can address the most delicate criticisms to hold without retaking or falling into demagogy.
9/10
Best track: There are only 2 tracks... lol (Edited)
A challenging but ultimately satisfying album. Not for the pretty music crowd. (Edited)
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