Not Available
by The Residents
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Not Available track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Not Available rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AfterHours | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 51/100 | 49 |
| 2026 |  Dingerbell | Top 10 Music Albums of 1978 | 7/10 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 80 Music Albums of 1978 | 64/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 70 Music Albums of 1978 | 3/70 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | CripplingAutism | Top 89 Music Albums of the 1970s | 78/89 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 86/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 153 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 892 | |||
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Not Available ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/25/2026 08:44 | CrazyDiamond84 | 112 | 65/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2026 10:48 |  djrodo | 1,035 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 07:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,586 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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Not Available forum mentions
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This eerie, dark and macabre sound experiment is gargantuan in scope. This is a form of avantgarde music that has no precedent. Part symphonic primitivism and part cacophonous world-music, the sound of 'Not Available' is a strangely disconcerting and disorientating hybrid of postmodern film noir, hillbilly 'slasher' horror and David Lynch-ian surrealism. (Edited)
This album is otherworldly. I get such a strange, but good, feeling every time I listen to it. Truly a masterpiece.
This is very strange but oddly very good. It is so unique that it is difficult to try and say what style it is or suggest some records that might be similar. It is so unorthodox and stands out from everything else that is impossible to hear this and forget it. The dark and brooding atmosphere is created perfectly by the instrumentation and wild vocals. The elongated songs, while on other records may sound slow and pointless, on here help to build the tension. We are engulfed in suspense and await the conclusion to all these build ups and I always found the pay off to be worth it. Surprisingly, it is quite infectious as well and the voice stays with me long after the album is done. However, it does slow down a bit on the second half and the first two tracks are definitely the peak of the album. Overall, this is an unconventional album that can really confuse you on first listen but after visiting it a few more times you start to love the nuances and strangeness present here and it becomes a lot of fun to explore. Also, Edweena is phenomenal. (Edited)
Defago 10/03/2012 04:18 | #51665 | TOP COMMENT
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When the poor guy cries the ship is going down, I feel so sorry for him tears come to my eyes.
Ironic Karma 08/14/2009 22:36 | #5702 | TOP COMMENT
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I just downloaded this recently and I'm in love with it, it is so experimental and quirky I love it. These guys are a such a mystery, making it all the better.
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