Mirror Traffic
by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks bestography
Mirror Traffic is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by Stephen Malkmus on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stephen Malkmus is Stephen Malkmus which is ranked number 3878 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 381.
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Mirror Traffic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mirror Traffic rankings
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Mirror Traffic ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/03/2026 02:35 | vicpark_theband | 21 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 15:36 | TonySayers61 | 25,191 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2025 03:40 | dhbarrett | 8,625 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:58 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2025 18:35 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
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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 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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sssvnnn 03/28/2022 19:36 | #283551 | TOP COMMENT
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Now we know what the senator wants.
I really like the risks they took on this record, and ensures that Stephen Malkmus is still relevant in the indie rock landscape
RockyRaccoon 07/18/2013 13:24 | #81856 | TOP COMMENT
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Stephen Malkmus is amazing, he really is. I’ve always been a huge fan of Pavement because their music is so creative and well done. I would say this album is equally as good as any Pavement album (outside of maybe “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain"). They lyrics are cleverly written, the music is great and the instrumentation is cool. I would say that The Jicks are perhaps a bit more, shall we say, mainstream than Pavement was. Pavement had their moments of oddness. The Jicks just stick with a style and roll with it. Overall it’s a great album.
lancashirearab 04/14/2012 15:25 | #40237 | TOP COMMENT
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He just seems to keep producing great albums. This is really good, but I was nearly put off by the cover.
paladisiac 12/15/2011 22:38 | #33053 | TOP COMMENT
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Stephen's refocused lyrically and offers more "hooks" this time around (check out "senator"!), but there isn't too much of a change. If you've liked his past post-pavement works, you'll like this one. This is indie rock.
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