Do It Yourself
by The Seahorses
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Do It Yourself track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Do It Yourself rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1997 by Radio X | 12/25 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 94/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut-1997 | 3/6 | - |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 56 Music Albums of the 1990s | 34/56 | 8 |
| 2025 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2025 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Top 33 Music Albums of 1997 | 17/33 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 97/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 83 | |||
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Do It Yourself ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/23/2026 03:50 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 12:24 | cicadelic | 14,313 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2023 22:55 | VVNVR | 674 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.3/100, a mean average of 68.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.
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pedro1976 04/28/2023 07:19 in What album are you listening to right now?Do It Yourself comments
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latenighttv 09/28/2014 22:13 | #122974
I'm actually amazed by how kind time has been to this, and how strong an album it's shown itself to be. It wasn't ever an L.P. that I took all that seriously, but there's a fairly interesting contrast between Squire's guitar posturing and the more restrained contributions from the rest of the band.
Listmeister 07/22/2013 20:01 | #82151
Imagine a band with Hollies-like harmonies and 90's angst-y lyrics. That's the Seahorses, one of the great What-If's of their time.
craigwramsay 07/04/2012 21:52 | #45911
This is a great album!
So sad that this is the only album The Seahorses ever managed.
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