I Trawl The Megahertz
by Paddy McAloon

I Trawl The Megahertz by Paddy McAloon
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 8,687th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 36 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (171st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,499th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,687th)

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,687th | 2000s rank: 1,499th | 2003 rank: 171st
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2026 ForegroundNoiseTop 50 Music Albums of the 2000s37/506
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200312/1004
2026 Graeme2Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s30/10014
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200378/1001
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s77/1005
2025UntitledTop 22 Music Albums of 20037/224
2025 seb7Top 16 Music Albums of 200316/160
2025Rm12398Top 43 Music Albums of 200328/432
2025cicadelicMusica! I migliori dischi 200353/100 -
2025arnellarsenTop 86 Music Albums of 200338/863
2025arnellarsenTop 100 Music Albums of 201952/100 -
2025 ForegroundNoise2000s: The 25 Best Underrated Albums18/25 -
2025spewventuriTop 64 Music Albums of the 2000s46/646
2025 CellarDoorTop 100 Greatest Music Albums59/10039
2024Steppenwolf6662003 2nd chart11/39 -
2024JohnnyoU R C magazine greatest albums of the ‘00’s (101 - 200)67/100 -
2024cicadelicAquarium Drunkard :: 2019 Year In Review Part 213/78 -
2024TheKingTop 75 Music Albums of 200347/752
2022 flamingyesdeptPrefab Sprout's Albums Ranked6/10 -
2022 flamingyesdeptTop 12 Music Albums of 20036/123
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 37
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 141
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79/100 (from 36 votes)
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11/20/2025 19:03 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,00874/100
 
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10/11/2024 11:01 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,94169/100
 
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02/13/2024 00:22 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,67477/100
 
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11/29/2023 09:08 tim0505  Ratings distribution  4,36382/100
 
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11/29/2023 09:08 FreakWolfenstein  Ratings distribution  3,97571/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.2.

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From 11/01/2015 12:15 | #152347
Beautiful album from a brilliant artist. And @Graeme2 you should give Swoon and Steve McQueen a listen - masterpieces if ever I heard one
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From 07/10/2014 18:12 | #116396
Not a prefab sprout fan and thankfully it sounds nothing like them, due to the fact it was recorded when he was recovering from illness and couldn't write as he normally would. There's more of a story behind it but in the end we get something more like a cross between an OST, post rock and Steve reich. A must listen.
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