Flood
by They Might Be Giants

Album
Flood by They Might Be Giants
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-01-15
Overall rank: 1,365th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 303 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1990 (20th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (241st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,365th)

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They Might Be Giants bestography

Flood is ranked as the best album by They Might Be Giants.

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Flood track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Theme From Flood
Average Rating: 73 (53 votes)Comments: View 1
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Birdhouse In Your Soul
Average Rating: 89 (108 votes)Comments: View 3
3.
Lucky Ball And Chain
Average Rating: 78 (54 votes)Comments: View 1
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Track pick (860 - 89 votes)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Average Rating: 86 (89 votes)Comments: View 2
5.
Dead
Average Rating: 79 (56 votes)Comments: View 1
6.
Your Racist Friend
Average Rating: 81 (58 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Particle Man
Average Rating: 84 (71 votes)Comments: View 1
8.
Twisting
Average Rating: 79 (58 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
We Want A Rock
Average Rating: 82 (60 votes)Comments: View 1
10.
Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
Average Rating: 79 (54 votes)Comments: View 1
11.
Hearing Aid
Average Rating: 74 (50 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Minimum Wage
Average Rating: 76 (51 votes)Comments: View 1
13.
Letterbox
Average Rating: 80 (53 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
Whistling In The Dark
Average Rating: 81 (54 votes)Comments: View 1
15.
Hot Cha
Average Rating: 71 (47 votes)Comments: View 0
16.
Women And Men
Average Rating: 78 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
17.
Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love
Average Rating: 77 (50 votes)Comments: View 0
18.
They Might Be Giants
Average Rating: 77 (49 votes)Comments: View 0
19.
Road Movie To Berlin
Average Rating: 77 (46 votes)Comments: View 0

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Flood rankings

Flood rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,365th | 1990s rank: 241st | 1990 rank: 20th  Overall chart history
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Flood ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 303 votes)
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 !		09/12/2026 07:48 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  14,10773/100
 
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 !		09/03/2026 22:44 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,60475/100
 
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 !		05/30/2026 08:27 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  2,16471/100

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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 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.


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Flood forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5422): By CharlieBarley
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by CharlieBarley () 1. by (1975) 2. by (1970) 3. by (1978) 5. by (1971) 6. (1982) 7. by (1975) 8. (1989) 9. by (1968) 10. by (1965) 11. by by (1977) 13. by (1969) 14. by (1993) 15. by (1970) 16. by (1971) 17. by (1986) 18. by (1969) 19. (1970)…”
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Flood comments

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70/100
From 07/13/2011 00:05 | #24305 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Incredible album, funny as hell and amazingly eclectic and complex when it comes to execution, it is one of those little gems that may be far more trascendental than what they appeared to be...
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85/100
From 09/01/2014 16:26 | #120965 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
funny and quirky on the surface, but with some quite pointed and poignant lyrics at times.
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75/100
From 10/04/2015 09:43 | #150939 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is a hard album to rate. It is pretty far out there. But it is super enjoyable.
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100/100
From 08/15/2014 15:19 | #119579 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of my favorite albums ever. It's hard not to sing along with ever song.
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From 12/01/2013 01:02 | #95685 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Outstanding, and not in a lolol-this-album's-so-silly kind of way. It's a legitimate pop masterpiece, full of some of the catchiest and emotionally affecting melodies and some of the most interesting, albeit nonsensical, lyrics. If you think TMBG is nothing more than a novelty act, then I recommend you give "Birdhouse in Your Soul" or "We Want a Rock" a spin.
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