John Henry
by They Might Be Giants
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John Henry is ranked 6th best out of 38 albums by They Might Be Giants on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by They Might Be Giants is Flood which is ranked number 1367 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,262.
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John Henry track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
John Henry rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1601-1700 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 40 Music Albums of 1994 | 19/40 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 19/71 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 74 Music Albums of 1994 | 39/74 | 2 |
| 2026 | dhbarrett | Top 48 Music Albums of 1994 | 7/48 | 4 |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: They Might Be Giants | 3/9 | - |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 76 Music Albums of 1994 | 40/76 | 2 |
| 2025 | Andras | Top 24 Music Albums of 1994 | 3/24 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 76 | |||
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John Henry ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/08/2026 21:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,199 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2026 07:29 | Zeppyfish | 40 | 94/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 04:49 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.3.
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John Henry forum mentions
Romanelli 09/11/2025 00:31 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 07/08/2024 12:51 in The Romanelli Music Diary: A View From 3rd Street Romanelli 01/23/2024 20:10 in What album are you listening to right now?John Henry comments
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A brilliant, underrated band -- too easily dismissed for their singers' nasal voices (which are, in fact, versatile, tuneful, expressive, and multi-octave) -- hit their greatest balance. Their whimsy, absurdism, and goofily distractible arrangements flourish alongside their then-new rock energy and deep empathy for the outsiders, the too-creative malfunctioning misfits of our world.
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