Present Tense (studio album) by Shoes

Present Tense by Shoes
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 29,240th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 16 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (326th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,293rd)
Award Best albums of all time (29,240th)
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SHOES ~ Present Tense ELEKTRA Vinyl LP 1979 EX/VG
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Shoes~Present Tense~With Printed Inner Sleeve~1979 Power Pop~New Wave~Quick Ship
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Shoes - Present Tense Cassette Tape
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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 16 votes)
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07/24/2023 19:00 Brigand99  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 42083/100
 
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07/17/2020 09:53 Olli  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,83970/100
 
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02/06/2018 04:25 NickVolos  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 9,13877/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.6.

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85/100
From 06/19/2018 19:43
If I wanna listen to jangly pop, or power pop, or whatever they're calling it this year, I'd rather listen to these guys than most of that other crap similar to this. At least these songs stick in your head a little bit. As well as the music.
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From 07/26/2016 05:33
A fine unknown guitar pop band of the late 70's- early 80's.
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