Not Available (studio album) by The Residents
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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90/100  | 07/01/2025 15:11 | thepardunk | | 69/100 |
80/100 | 06/30/2025 16:18 |  ForegroundNoise | | 60/100 |
60/100 | 06/21/2025 13:48 | Elauqsapid | | 64/100 |
80/100 | 02/23/2025 23:14 | mostlymor | | 79/100 |
80/100 | 02/14/2025 09:13 |  LedZep | | 79/100 |
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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 19.3.
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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.
i think i shit myself
gbass 12/31/2019 17:30
This album sounds like it was forcibly extracted from some poor old man's inner psyche.
Onater 12/31/2017 20:44
There's something so disturbing about that riff from about 2 minutes into Edweena that reappears throughout the album.
Odd, but good.
Defago 10/03/2012 04:18
When the poor guy cries the ship is going down, I feel so sorry for him tears come to my eyes.
Well I finished this album today and I don't know what to make of it. It had an atmosphere like nothing I have felt before. Won't be able to say more until I listen to it again.
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.
This album is otherworldly. I get such a strange, but good, feeling every time I listen to it. Truly a masterpiece.
Ironic Karma 08/14/2009 22:36
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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