The First Tindersticks Album
by Tindersticks
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The First Tindersticks Album is ranked as the best album by Tindersticks.
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The First Tindersticks Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The First Tindersticks Album 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 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1993 | 31/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 21/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 61 Music Albums of 1993 | 47/61 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1993 | 46/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1993 | 23/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 177 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 996 | |||
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The First Tindersticks Album ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/03/2026 06:32 | cicadelic | 13,899 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 11:19 | Vulgarplacards | 64 | 94/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2026 12:05 | haz215 | 114 | 73/100 |
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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 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Forum mentions
Rhyner 10/19/2025 17:35 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
dihansse 04/21/2024 20:30 in My discoveries per year
Repo 09/20/2023 00:50 in What album are you listening to right now?The First Tindersticks Album comments
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A babyrecord of their career. Immature and searching. Later they removed the wanna-be-Joy Division kind of band. They also used less words! scaling down and found the balance. And later they totally went full on orchestrating, drama and pretentions. They went to much for many people, but for me they went their own way, slow and thoughtfully.
If you care for Tindersticks it's a lot to find in their later albums. Their absolute peak was Curtains. A top-10 album for me.
NoeSSS 03/10/2016 02:02 | #161660
The national back in the nineties
ilovelctr 09/28/2014 13:25 | #122917 | TOP COMMENT
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Although a little too long, the album is rather pleasing to listen to because of variation between tracks. The middle part is relatively weak but it starts strong and ends with a good conclusion. Several tracks are one of a kind and are either well sung or well instrumented, though sometimes singing can be really off. But definitely this is chamber pop with artistry.
NickVolos 03/31/2014 14:15 | #108166 | TOP COMMENT
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A great discovery! Their similarity to "The National" has already been stated. I like "The National"...
A beautiful album that consistently tugs at the heart strings.
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