Perfect From Now On
by Built To Spill

Perfect From Now On by Built To Spill
Year: 1997
Release date: 1997-01-28
Overall rank: 280th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 652 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1997 (7th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 1990s (56th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (280th)

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Perfect From Now On is ranked as the best album by Built To Spill.

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Keep It Like A Secret

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Perfect From Now On track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 88 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Perfect From Now On rankings

Perfect From Now On rankings summary
Overall rank: 280th | 1990s rank: 56th | 1997 rank: 7th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 8 hours ago).
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2026 AAL2014Top 55 Music Albums of 19973/555
2026bonnequestionTop 29 Music Albums of 19973/295
2026 BroknsocialShawnTop 35 Music Albums of the 1990s12/3514
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s22/10016
2026 LedZepTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s8/10019
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s13/10018
2026 TamthebamBest of The 90s Pt.2 (101-200)16/100 -
2026PurpleHazelTop 31 Music Albums of 199714/313
2026 JMGL95Top 38 Music Albums of 19976/384
2026 DommeDamianFavorite album covers51/85 -
2026 Patman360Top 98 Music Albums of 199712/984
2026adbrack1988Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s63/1008
2026 RhynerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s97/1001
2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 199735/1003
2026leniadTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s46/10011
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 1501-16003/100 -
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s22/10016
2026 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 19972/1005
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 47 Music Albums of 199711/474
2026 AfterHoursTop 100 Greatest Music Albums92/1009
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 586
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 5,808
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Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 652 votes)
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07/12/2026 16:09 liquidbottle  Ratings distribution  77582/100
 
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05/04/2026 01:25 Helios  Ratings distribution  6,20869/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.8/100, a mean average of 82.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.


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80/100
From 04/18/2022 16:18 | #284364
A revisit may upgrade my opinion, which is quite positive even at this stage.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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80/100
From 03/28/2022 06:09 | #283491
Just as their indie soul-mates R.E.M did (‘Green’ / 1989) Built To Spill knock it out of the park on their major label Warner debut ‘Perfect From Now On’ on a sprawling swirling guitar laden masterpiece where every track bar one exceeds 5 minutes and none never outstay their welcome

Correctly ranked inside the BEA Overall top 300, ‘Perfect From Now On’ unquestionably lives up to its title
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 12/25/2021 01:56 | #277949
There are some great songs present on this album such as the opening track which really kicks it off in style. The quality is then upheld into the second track which is incredibly crafted but after that I do think it goes off course a little. That is until it is brought back by the fantastic Kicked It In The Sun which combines everything people love about this artist. The vocal and the lyrics are consistently great throughout the album and really give the listener a lot to explore. It does feel a little bloated though at a lengthy 54 minutes and does feel quite slow at times. Overall, a fun and enjoyable album with a lot of quality instrumentation to fall in love with.
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100/100
From 09/10/2021 00:02 | #273600
Modest Mouse would go on to perfect the formula laid out by Built to Spill, though Perfect From Now On is still a crazy good indie rock album.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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100/100
From 12/21/2020 13:57 | #263020
I feel like I only just NOW fully "got" this album. What a masterpiece. Saw Built to Spill perform this entire album live 12 years ago. Just wish I fully appreciated and loved this album like I do now. Damn good show by the way.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 12/31/2019 10:34 | #246188
Awesome.
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From 03/08/2019 04:35 | #233208
Ten times the size of jupiter
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (4 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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75/100
From 07/23/2018 22:16 | #218702
Much more interesting than Keep it Like a Secret.
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95/100
From 05/18/2018 13:38 | #215116
Pure magic everywhere. 9/10.
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100/100
From 02/04/2018 03:40 | #207123
Wish these guys had the same exposure as bands like Modest Mouse because they are just as good.
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