Eskimo
by The Residents
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Eskimo is ranked 4th best out of 139 albums by The Residents on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Residents is Not Available which is ranked number 1892 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 897.
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Eskimo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Eskimo rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  kinglyostrich | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 67/99 | 33 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 17 Music Albums of 1979 | 11/17 | 2 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 28 Music Albums of 1979 | 13/28 | 3 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Ambient 1958-2000 | 22/100 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 38/87 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 97/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 88/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 77 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 317 | |||
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Eskimo ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/29/2026 11:35 | cicadelic | 14,119 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 16:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,127 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 13:23 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
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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 75.2/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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neilgee 12/24/2019 20:50 in What album are you listening to right now?Eskimo comments
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Kalos 01/25/2016 13:33 | #157627 | TOP COMMENT
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Eskimo is great if you listen to it as an audio-story.
In my opinion is the story of a community of Eskimos who live in the Arctics. Then come the American colonizers, with their machines and their capitalism. After violent brainwashing manipulations (in tracks 4 and 5) eventually the Eskimos are converted to the capitalist religion (with the prayer "CO-CA COLA IS LIFE!")
The story is acted (not simply told) like you are a curious voyeurist, and you can understand it through symbolic sounds (the cry of a baby could be the purity, then there are the american machines in tracks 3 and 4). Every sound has a role in the story, so that when you listen to the machines, the power of their symbolic meaning hits you more than 1000 words)
Of course this is just my interpretation, but it works. This is art, and art is open to interpretations. I just care about the fact that if I listen to Eskimo this way..the effect is really powerful, envolving, vivid, like a movie made of sounds!
Musically is really appreciating their use of "wind" and other natural sounds, it's at the same time one of the early ambient albums, an art performance, kind of tribal music, a fake documentary, a work of field recordings...!
I admit that some parts in tracks 3 4 and 5 are not that vivid, and the album is a bit boring there. That's why my vote is "only" 8,5 (Edited)
Jboy56 11/12/2023 12:19 | #299938 | TOP COMMENT
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This an extreme experience for those who like symbolistic and auditive worlds. VEry well suited for art exhibitions, Relisten index for me is 0 (Edited)
A challenging and innovative recording. Not to everyone's taste but if you like out of the ordinary music and are unfamiliar with this band this record is good place to start.
splashfoop 09/23/2016 07:28 | #175626
Creo que este es el mejor trabajo de The Residents, aunque también el más hermético.
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