A Trip To Marineville
by Swell Maps

A Trip To Marineville by Swell Maps
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 5,834th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 71 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (94th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (934th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,834th)

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Swell Maps bestography

A Trip To Marineville is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Swell Maps on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Swell Maps is Jane From Occupied Europe which is ranked number 4879 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 282.

Swell Maps album bestography « Higher ranked (4,879th)
Jane From Occupied Europe
This album (5,834th)
A Trip To Marineville
Lower ranked (36,448th) »
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A Trip To Marineville track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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A Trip To Marineville rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,834th | 1970s rank: 934th | 1979 rank: 94th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 71 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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From 11/12/2023 11:58 | #299937
I only listened to this album because my album listening project where I go through all the major albums of each year since 1950 and now I'm in the year 1979 and this album just happens to be on the charts,, Bye
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From 01/09/2021 20:23 | #264116
Ahead of its time to say the least, though I do think Jane From Occupied Europe is quite superior. Not that this album isn't noteworthy.
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From 12/18/2016 01:28 | #180421
I love the snotty attitude of this album. Very under-rated album, in my opinion.
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From 05/07/2012 07:37 | #41702
I love full Moon in My Pocket. It is such a driven song. Manic vocals and a great bass line. This album starts Gee! That's a swell map! and them just keeps going... always changing and evolving. It is restless and twitching. Music to fidget to.
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2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
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