Stands For Decibels
by The dB's
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Stands For Decibels is ranked as the best album by The dB's.
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Stands For Decibels track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Stands For Decibels ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/06/2026 05:37 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,435 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 00:48 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 19:29 | Olli | 7,791 | 62/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2024 14:05 | JamesMowbray | 5,618 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2024 06:54 | cicadelic | 13,600 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.
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dihansse 03/02/2021 21:06 | #266895 | TOP COMMENT
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A powerpop album with some attempts to experiment. The only thing the experiments sound very dated and also the powerpop sounds a bit clumsy to modern ears. Black In White is not bad but overall the album didn"t really appeal to me.
Best Tracks: Espionage, Black And White
A truly unique and (sadly) obscure college rock album, divided by conventional power pop tunes like "Black and White" and more experimental new wave tunes like "Tearjerkin."
O.T. 07/29/2017 21:05 | #195146 | TOP COMMENT
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Razor sharp, delightful, adventurous, all that Power Pop ever wanted to achieve and never could. What a great gift to teenage emotions - oh no - to twen emotions maybe even more.
One of the more unique power pop albums due to the influence of quirky new wave and experimental pop. Stamey seems to be the band's driving force regarding creativity, but Holsapple's conventional tunes are just as impressive.
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