II & III
by Camper Van Beethoven

II & III by Camper Van Beethoven
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 27,909th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 21 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (364th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,475th)
Award Best albums of all time (27,909th)

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Camper Van Beethoven bestography

II & III is ranked 5th best out of 12 albums by Camper Van Beethoven on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Camper Van Beethoven is Telephone Free Landslide Victory which is ranked number 4745 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 299.

Camper Van Beethoven album bestography « Higher ranked (12,658th)
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II & III track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 27,909th | 1980s rank: 3,475th | 1986 rank: 364th
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2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198643/1003
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198687/1001
2026SkernsTop 78 Music Albums of 198660/781
2026 DommeDamianTop 14 Music Albums of 19869/142
2025 Norman BatesTop 84 Music Albums of 198613/844
2024 Sandrof1969Top 20 Music Albums of 198618/201
2024cicadelicRobert Christgau: Dean's List 198645/58 -
2024 meccaleccaTop 70 Music Albums of 198658/701
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 198618/86 -
2023sonicdiscourse1985 To-Do List42/94 -
2022henrygreen0203Top 33 Music Albums of 198625/331
2021kelseyconnellyTop 13 Music Albums of 198610/132
2020 The GolluxTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s82/1004
2020cronadigallinaTop 100 Music Albums of 198659/1002
2018 arthurbittencourtTop 20 Music Albums of 198618/201
2017 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of 198659/1002
2017 NoisyBeastTop Albums of 1986... #201-3002/100 -
2017 NoisyBeastTop 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1501-160036/100 -
2016ewhittenburgTop 38 Music Albums of 198618/383
2012 lancashirearabTop 100 Greatest Music Albums94/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 22
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 32
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72/100 (from 21 votes)
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08/08/2025 13:21 RemainInLight  Ratings distribution  3,36836/100
 
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07/13/2024 18:32 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,31479/100
 
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06/02/2024 10:10 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33449/100
 
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10/03/2022 11:02 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,05875/100
 
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11/21/2021 15:06 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,16372/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.

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From 06/23/2012 06:58 | #45119
How can they do that to I Love Her All The Time? It might even be better than the original. No Skinheads bowling on this album.
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