Stephen Malkmus
by Stephen Malkmus
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Stephen Malkmus is ranked as the best album by Stephen Malkmus.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 04/10/2026 01:32 | davidleewrong | 2,358 | 81/100 | |
| 03/30/2026 08:21 | Leginlists | 3,377 | 82/100 | |
| 01/26/2026 05:27 | Herdandhokies | 365 | 55/100 | |
| 11/03/2025 14:43 |  spigelwii | 633 | 85/100 | |
| 10/29/2025 00:29 | Proto | 4,143 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.
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his debut and best solo album by a country mile...very good
ProfessorSquid 04/08/2013 18:12 | #72001
Probably Malkmus' best solo record so far. Certainly it's one of the tightest.
drivebytornado 02/25/2013 23:42 | #66135
Two years after disbanding Pavement, Stephen Malkmus was back, releasing his solo debut. The quality isn't any dropoff from Pavement either, and it sounds like he's got his creative juices flowing, moreso than on the last couple Pavement releases. Check out the lead track "Black Book" and my favorite song here, "The Hook."
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