A Trip To Marineville
by Swell Maps

A Trip To Marineville by Swell Maps
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-07-00
Overall rank: 6,090th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 71 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (98th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (956th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,090th)

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Swell Maps bestography

A Trip To Marineville is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Swell Maps on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Swell Maps is Jane From Occupied Europe which is ranked number 4915 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 286.

Swell Maps album bestography « Higher ranked (4,915th)
Jane From Occupied Europe
This album (6,090th)
A Trip To Marineville
Lower ranked (37,298th) »
International Rescue

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A Trip To Marineville track list

  Track ratings 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: 6,090th | 1970s rank: 956th | 1979 rank: 98th
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2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s36/10013
2026LittleM1971Top 70 Music Albums of 197946/702
2026OFarrioTop 26 Music Albums of 197914/263
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 197981/1001
2026Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 197942/1003
2026 sssvnnnTop 100 Music Albums of 197999/1000
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1979 by Ultimate Record Collector28/41 -
2026 ssteveTop 35 Music Albums of 197927/351
2026cicadelicTop 94 Music Albums of 197931/943
2026 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 197915/1004
2026 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 197933/1003
2025 imacgillTop 89 Music Albums of 197923/894
2025 ERadioTop 90 Music Albums of 197961/902
2025 meccaleccaTop 68 Music Albums of 197966/680
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197912/1004
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 197944/501
2025cronadigallinaTop 94 Music Albums of 197968/941
2025 sssvnnnThe Last Bandits - Nikki Epic Dave Rowland Jacobites30/47 -
2025xhitmanxTop 28 Music Albums of 197928/280
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s74/1005
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 73
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 220
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 71 votes)
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01/20/2026 17:00 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  14,10270/100
 
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02/13/2025 22:46 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,97181/100
 
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09/17/2024 22:14 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,59474/100

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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 75.9/100, 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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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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I love the snotty attitude of this album. Very under-rated album, in my opinion.
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85/100
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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