14 Iced Bears
by 14 Iced Bears
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14 Iced Bears track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
14 Iced Bears rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 85 Music Albums of 1988 | 49/85 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 64 Music Albums of 1988 | 36/64 | 2 |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2025 | LadyGodiva | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 5/50 | 5 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Pt 2: 1980s Decade - Best Albums (Part 2): 101-200. | 1980s | 11/14 | - |
| 2024 | TastyandTemptin | Top 21 Music Albums of 1988 | 16/21 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2023 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 48/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/19/2026 03:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,055 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 03:58 | MadhattanJack | 6,029 | 66/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2025 03:03 | imacgill | 2,867 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
14 Iced Bears forum mentions
MadhattanJack 12/31/2025 04:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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MadhattanJack 12/31/2025 04:19 | #312386
It's the debut LP from 14 Iced Bears, a lo-fi psychedelic garage band who were lumped in with the "twee" genre, not entirely without justification, presumably due to an earlier association with Sarah Records. (Specifically, Sarah released a single of theirs, not included here, shortly before they signed with Thunderball Records for this album.) And it's not bad; they're more psychedelic than garage, but that's not a problem since those are not mutually exclusive terms. There's a distinct Velvet Underground influence happening here too, and frankly their best songs here are the most "Velvety." On the downside though, they're very "loose" (perhaps too much so for the material), the singer is clearly trying too hard to sound like he's stoned (or tripping, or both), and the stinging, treble-heavy guitar sound — while sometimes distinctive — probably made them hard for some people to listen to over the course of an entire LP. Still, they're bears, they're properly iced, and there are 14 of them, so I should just stop complaining. (Edited)
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