No Alternative
by Various Artists
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | culwin | Top 60 Music Albums of 1993 | 39/60 | 2 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (61), #0001-0100* | 50/80 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1990s 60rating (61), #0001-0100* | 10/38 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | multiverso | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 78/100 | 17 |
| 2021 | multiverso | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 38/100 | 13 |
| 2021 |  RoundTheBend | Top 58 Music Albums of 1993 | 18/58 | 4 |
| 2018 |  zdwyatt | Top 27 Music Albums of 1993 | 9/27 | 4 |
| 2016 |  PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2013 |  btener11 | Best Ever Compilations | 30/30 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/17/2024 17:42 | culwin | 1,600 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2023 20:20 | Johnnyo | 9,840 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2019 21:58 |  NoisyBeast | 13,315 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.
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NoisyBeast 07/23/2019 20:09 in What album are you listening to right now?No Alternative comments
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zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/02/2015 02:42 | #140686
Even though the liner notes contain a rant against the term "alternative rock," this is an amazing collection of songs from artists who were part of that scene as it emerged. There's tracks from big names like Nirvana, Pavement, and Smashing Pumpkins, the latter contributing one of their all-time best songs, "Glynis." But there's also great songs from less well-known/less celebrated artists, like American Music Club, Urge Overkill, and Straitjacket Fits. I played this non-stop in '93 and enjoy it just as much over 20 years later.
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