The Commercial Album
by The Residents
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The Residents bestography
The Commercial Album is ranked 6th best out of 139 albums by The Residents on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Residents is Not Available which is ranked number 1899 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 892.
(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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The Commercial Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Commercial Album rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 | 8/80 | 5 |
| 2026 | CripplingAutism | Top 71 Music Albums of the 1980s | 59/71 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 73 Music Albums of 1980 | 51/73 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 45 Music Albums of 1980 | 44/45 | 0 |
| 2026 |  kinglyostrich | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 87/99 | 13 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 22/25 | 1 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 18 Music Albums of 1980 | 16/18 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 66 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 253 | |||
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The Commercial Album ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/17/2026 08:53 | cicadelic | 14,274 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 03:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,531 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2026 14:28 |  TescoHomeCooking | 361 | 77/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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The Commercial Album forum mentions
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The Commercial Album comments
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This is definitely the Residents album to start with if you're new to the group. It's a parody of popular music, with 40 "commercial friendly" condensed one minute songs. The songs are all great due to unique arrangements and great sounding synthesizers. Even non-fans should check this one out...it's really an interesting and great listen. (Edited)
Not suited to everyone's taste but then again it's not supposed to. Quirky, fun and highly satirical try it, you might like it.
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