Matching Mole
by Matching Mole
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Matching Mole bestography
Matching Mole is ranked as the best album by Matching Mole.
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Matching Mole track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Matching Mole rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1972 | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 94 Music Albums of 1972 | 14/94 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1972 | 46/85 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1972 by Acclaimed Music | 71/76 | - |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1972 | 11/64 | - |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | The 70s, Vol. 1 | 46/48 | - |
| 2024 |  Applerill | Top 39 Music Albums of 1972 | 7/39 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 48 | |||
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Matching Mole ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/28/2026 10:27 | RockingRoll666 | 1,927 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 01:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,261 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 03:00 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.
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Matching Mole forum mentions
neilgee 01/23/2022 21:03 in What album are you listening to right now? Applerill 01/29/2016 00:58 in Album of the day (#1886): Rock Bottom by Robert WyattView latest topic →
Matching Mole comments
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In parts, gentle and touching in the style of Rock Bottom, but with daring and intense jazz-rock instrumental passages in the style of Soft Machine 3 added to the mix. This is a classic example of prog-rock at its best and most noble.
Hey! Robert Wyatt fans....yeah you! Look at this! This is good. "Signed Curtain" is weirdly one of my favorite tracks of all time.
Canterbury prog reached a new zenith with this album. It's a shame the group was so short lived.
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