Troublegum
by Therapy?
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Troublegum track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/14/2026 11:27 | Banner | 4,934 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2026 06:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,463 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2026 19:57 |  paladisiac | 7,320 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 22:50 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2024 19:39 | Proto | 4,246 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1994 Mercury prize. The winner was Elegant Slumming by M People (Edited)
Interesting one this. Good riffs. Good rhythms. Most tracks are well above average. So theoretically it's a cracker. But...for some reason it's not memorable and one you feel like listening to often. It's the vocals that don't do it for me. Like Dave Grohl, the vocals are great on the slower songs. But on the majority of faster tracks, I feel they're not really his forte and just not that good
dihansse 12/10/2015 21:24 | #154301 | TOP COMMENT
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This is one of my top 100 albums which you can check out together with additionele comments.
Albums like this are not made anymore: the moment I bought "Troublegum" it grabbed me by the throat by its sheer energy and it has continued to do so since then.
This album doesn't contain one lesser song and the combination of the voice of Andy Cairns, the guitar playing and the songwriting makes this album a stand-out. Also live Therapy? emits the same energy.
Eastwood 11/13/2014 21:21 | #126916 | TOP COMMENT
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Good alternative rock/alternative metal album. Best 10 songs average is 81,8/100 and the album can get good 80/100. The song "Nowhere" pushes the album. This hit I'm rating 95/100. Followed by "Screamager", "Hellbelly", "Die laughing", "Unbeliever" and "Loonacy booth" all only just good 80/100. Notable is "Unrequited" as an awful song.
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