Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?
by Mike Watt
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Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1995 | 50/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 80 Music Albums of 1995 | 66/80 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1995 2nd chart | 32/75 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | cronadigallina | Top 94 Music Albums of 1995 | 84/94 | 1 |
| 2025 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1995 | 10/50 | 4 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 66 Music Albums of 1995 | 42/66 | 2 |
| 2024 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | conallmalone | Top 86 Music Albums of 1995 | 61/86 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 42 | |||
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Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/15/2026 07:07 | Johnnyo | 9,847 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 03:06 | dhbarrett | 8,876 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2024 13:16 | cicadelic | 14,224 | 73/100 |
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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 9.1.
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Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? forum mentions
dihansse 02/23/2021 21:35 in My discoveries per year
NoisyBeast 05/04/2020 22:48 in What album are you listening to right now?Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? comments
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dihansse 03/02/2021 21:00 | #266891
J Mascis shredding through Funkadelics Maggott Brain is a guitar lover's dream come true. Eddie Vedder crashing through Against The 70's is great and Evan Dando singing Piss Bottle Man sounds great. And on Big Train he even sings himself although he's surrounded by Curt Kirkwood, Eddie Vedder, J Mascis and Nels Clines. The thing that holds the album together is Mike Watt's jazzy weird sound and that doesn't work on all the tracks but there's enough quality here to make this record worthwile.
A little dictionary of rock'n roll with a plenty of stunning guests.
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