A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness
by Rocketship

A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness by Rocketship
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 17,654th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 22 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1996 (339th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (2,772nd)
Award Best albums of all time (17,654th)

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Overall rank: 17,654th | 1990s rank: 2,772nd | 1996 rank: 339th
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2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 199635/502
2026LittleM1971Top 90 Music Albums of 199617/904
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 199694/1000
2025ThuramThugoodTop 46 Music Albums of 199639/461
2024 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 199658/1002
2024 SingingPeasant96Top 49 Music Albums of 199612/494
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 199679/1001
2023 GlitterboiiiTop 50 Music Albums of 199624/503
2021chriskarmanTop 50 Music Albums of 199639/501
2021 paTop 81 Music Albums of 19964/815
2020WilliamFrayerTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s29/10014
2020 CellarDoorTop 96 Music Albums of 199643/963
2019 SingingPeasant96Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s52/9910
2019 SingingPeasant96Kissing Just For Practice : Indie Pop (Twee & Jangle)36/99 -
2017 LadyGodivaSpangles And Cherryade For Breakfast66/100 -
2015 SecondsoulThe Top 100 Greatest Shoegaze Albums70/100 -
2015 LadyGodivaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s70/1006
2015 Jimmy DreadDon't (Don't) Stop Indie Pop!39/86 -
2014 philbutrinTop 100 Music Albums of 199677/1001
2014 SecondsoulTop 50 Music Albums of 199610/504
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 20
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 61
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75/100 (from 22 votes)
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01/21/2026 19:47 LedZep  Ratings distribution  4,93679/100
 
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03/23/2025 12:59 cestuneblague  Ratings distribution  8,04080/100
 
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11/15/2022 06:16 Arthurknight  Ratings distribution  9,59372/100
 
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07/26/2020 05:00 WilliamFrayer  Ratings distribution  1,03380/100
 
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07/02/2020 16:13 ThuramThugood  Ratings distribution  3,02967/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 06/05/2014 13:53 | #113813
I should really love this album - it has everything in theory that I'd love, yet I don't. It felt like it was lacking something magic, like, it felt very sloppy compared to some other indie pop records. Anyway, it was good either way. Just didn't quite click.
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From 12/06/2013 08:09 | #96488
What I love about Slumberland records-bands is how they sound like shoegaze(or just noise pop, dream pop) and still remain twee. This album is definitely twee in its theme(lyrics like "Hug-hug-hug and you kiss-kiss-kiss me"). but at the same time this album breaks the boundary of twee. Listen all those spacy codas! All those drones(of organ) creates atmosphere which can't be found on any other of the genre. They're sure one of best bands who sounds like their names.
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