Golden State
by Bush
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Bush bestography
Golden State is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Bush on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bush is Sixteen Stone which is ranked number 1777 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 964.
(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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Golden State track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Golden State rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LordMark | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 56/100 | 43 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 90 Music Albums of 2001 | 15/90 | 4 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Gallowtree | Top 33 Music Albums of 2001 | 19/33 | 2 |
| 2024 | FieryGunHand | Top 30 Music Albums of 2001 | 26/30 | 1 |
| 2024 |  zwiebel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 64 Music Albums of 2001 | 43/64 | 2 |
| 2019 | LordMark | Top 13 Music Albums of 2001 | 9/13 | 2 |
| 2019 | carpents | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 21/100 | 16 |
| 2019 | pago82 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2001 | 19/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 83 | |||
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Golden State ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/28/2026 04:19 | PapaShiz86 | 11,687 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 15:13 |  Milhaud | 2,153 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2024 00:27 | dhbarrett | 8,736 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.8/100, a mean average of 63.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.8.
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Brad1770 01/06/2018 05:06 | #204692
Slightly better than the terrible 'The Science Of Things' but still forgettable .
I started Bush here on Golden State.
Come to find out it is a back to basics album which is scary because this band is really really basic.
That being said it is probably their most consistently average album in their catalogue. There aren't any great songs but they have tweaked the alt grunge sound enough to make it a little interesting after a few listens.
Float, Headful of Ghosts, People We Love are good songs.
Golden State is a decent alt/grunge album with less filler than their 2 previous releases.
I rank this as 2nd best Bush of their first four albums.
I haven't listened to Sea of Memories because, C'mon, it's Bush. How different can it really be?
Although it's both safe and back-to-basics, it's definitely an improvement over Deconstructed and The Science of Things. "The People That We Love" is especially awesome.
lightmyway 05/15/2012 19:55 | #42416
Really samey and predictable. This was the last album they put out before the breakup and it was a sad note to go out on. Fortunately we have The Sea of Memories now!
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