Parables For Wooden Ears
by Powderfinger

Parables For Wooden Ears by Powderfinger
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 48,174th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 10 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (698th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (7,319th)
Award Best albums of all time (48,174th)

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Powderfinger bestography

Parables For Wooden Ears is ranked 8th best out of 13 albums by Powderfinger on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Powderfinger is Odyssey Number Five which is ranked number 2770 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 559.

Powderfinger album bestography « Higher ranked (46,346th)
Golden Rule
This album (48,174th)
Parables For Wooden Ears
Lower ranked (50,061st) »
Unreleased (1998-2010)

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Parables For Wooden Ears track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (3 out of 13 tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 48,174th | 1990s rank: 7,319th | 1994 rank: 698th

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Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 10 votes)
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04/08/2025 21:22 Robininthetree  Ratings distribution  13684/100
 
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From 07/13/2013 06:59 | #81326
This is a really underrated album. Fledgling Powderfinger going flat out and turning out a fantastic album. Doesn't really sound much like what they eventually would sound like, but a great, blistering listen that sounds like a young band trying really hard to find their sound. Keep an open mind.
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