Hear It Is
by The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips bestography
Hear It Is is ranked 17th best out of 48 albums by The Flaming Lips on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Flaming Lips is Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots which is ranked number 116 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,861.
(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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Hear It Is track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hear It Is rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | The Flaming Lips' Albums Ranked | 19/20 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 26/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1986 | 41/89 | 3 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 13 Music Albums of 1986 | 9/13 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 56/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | The Flaming Lips: So Far.. | 11/14 | - |
| 2026 |  NickVolos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 90/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 17 Music Albums of 1986 | 17/17 | 0 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 20 Music Albums of 1986 | 11/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 93/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 67 | |||
Hear It Is collection
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Hear It Is ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/24/2026 21:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,817 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2026 13:48 | TitoVampir | 197 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2026 16:58 | TastyandTemptin | 3,196 | 73/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.4/100, a mean average of 64.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
Hear It Is forum mentions
Spyglass 04/11/2020 17:40 in What album are you listening to right now?Hear It Is comments
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flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/13/2017 15:56 | #182456
Suprisingly good debut from this incredible band. Very different sound to their later stuff but their penchant for weirdness and a cracking good melody is already apparent. Much rockier/punkier though, which is a fun surprise. Sounds like early R.E.M./My Bloody Valentine and even Nirvana at points. Great album.
A fine debut. Nothing special, but it is catchy and consistently pleasing.
It's a fine debut, but ultimately nothing special. Feels a bit punky, has some cool tracks on it but they don't add upto much.
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