California
by Mr. Bungle

Album
California by Mr. Bungle
Year: 1999
Release date: 1999-07-13
Overall rank: 1,432nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 290 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (29th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (255th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,432nd)

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California track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Sweet Charity
Average Rating: 84 (60 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
None Of Them Knew They Were Robots
Average Rating: 84 (63 votes)Comments: View 0
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Retrovertigo
Average Rating: 85 (61 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Average Rating: 84 (61 votes)Comments: View 0
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Ars Moriendi
Average Rating: 82 (49 votes)Comments: View 1
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Pink Cigarette
Average Rating: 84 (63 votes)Comments: View 0
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Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy
Average Rating: 80 (47 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
The Holy Filament
Average Rating: 79 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Vanity Fair
Average Rating: 82 (50 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Goodbye Sober Day
Average Rating: 82 (52 votes)Comments: View 0

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California rankings

California rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,432nd | 1990s rank: 255th | 1999 rank: 29th  Overall chart history
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California ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 290 votes)
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 !		3 days ago Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,45397/100
 
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 !		07/25/2026 11:49 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,69948/100
 
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 !		06/24/2026 02:06 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,20278/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.


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From BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Monthly overall chart movements
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5407): By Charade
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Charade () 1. by (1980) 2. by (2005) 4. (1977) 5. (1981) 6. by by (1972) 8. by (2000) 9. by (2024) 10. by (1962) 11. by (1975) 12. by (2003) 13. by (1976) 14. (1999) 15. by (2016) 16. (1974) 17. by (1997) 18. by (1973) 19. by (1968) 20. by…”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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65/100
From 05/13/2021 16:35 | #269715
Sounds like Queens of the Stone Age mixed with They Might Be Giants, maybe even a little more experimental than the latter though. Solid album.
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From 02/09/2021 00:18 | #266050
Fav. Tracks:

- Sweet Charity
- None Of Them Knew They Were Robots
- Retrovertigo
- Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy
- Goodbye Sober Day
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65/100
From 01/04/2021 17:32 | #263826
As creative as it gets, you have to give this at least one listen. (Edited)
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90/100
From 11/29/2020 02:57 | #261616
Man I used to listen to this album over and over and over again. I think for an entire summer this was the only album I listened to. Total madness. The only song I don't like that much is retrovertigo, but the album is so cohesive it fits so it doesn't bother me too much. Ars Moriendi and Goodbye Sober Day are pure chaos (Edited)
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80/100
From 09/23/2019 07:26 | #242962
This cannot be told, it must be heard (Edited)
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