Feeling Strangely Fine
by Semisonic

Feeling Strangely Fine by Semisonic
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 7,763rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 63 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1998 (123rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,255th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,763rd)

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Overall rank: 7,763rd | 1990s rank: 1,255th | 1998 rank: 123rd
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2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist)87/100 -
2026 RomanelliTop 76 Music Albums of 19986/765
2026wizardalienTop 17 Music Albums of 19985/174
2026 MadhattanJackTop 71 Music Albums of 199839/712
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 20th Century59/100 -
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 201-30048/100 -
2026 NowhereManTop 13 Music Albums of 199813/130
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Overseas Albums63/100 -
2026 RomanelliTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s76/1005
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)59/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest American Albums47/100 -
2026wizardalienGreatest Albums 101-20053/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s32/10014
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 199882/1001
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 19988/1005
2025 NowhereManTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s71/1006
2025 paladisiac1990s, #101-20054/100 -
2025 DankelTop 40 Music Albums of 199821/403
2025 TheDarkOrbTop 49 Music Albums of 199834/492
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 199837/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 60
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 162
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71/100 (from 63 votes)
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70/100
 
19 hours ago DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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11/20/2025 16:11 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69970/100
 
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07/10/2025 19:56 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  1,83770/100
 
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05/01/2025 04:01 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,34965/100
 
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02/27/2025 11:52 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,76364/100

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55/100
From 05/09/2022 19:34 | #285153
Very enjoyable album. Two obvious highlights are Closing Time and Secret Smile. I expected it to be one of those albums with two great hits and nothing else but I was pleasantly surprised. I also like This Will Be Our Year and Completely Pleased. Can't stand some of the lyrics on closing time though: "Closing time, time for you to go out to the places you will be from"... what?
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90/100
From 04/14/2019 12:37 | #234953
Is there any one among us who can listen to "Closing Time" and not sing along to the catchy chorus? "Secret Smile" is another classic! Semisonic produced some terrific alt-rock in the 90s/00's but those two songs are unmatched. The other stuff on this album is worthwhile, too, just don't expect the greatness of those two previously mentioned.
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75/100
From 11/04/2018 10:22 | #223819
Closing Time and Secret Smile make this album, the rest is fairly generic.
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From 03/02/2018 05:19 | #209896
Maybe the most underrated album of the 90s? Really this entire band's discography is underrated.
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From 05/01/2014 17:30 | #110518
This is one of those oft-forgotten alt-rock 90s albums which blend catchy instrumentation and hooks for an album which should be vying for most people's 90s top 100. The album is often thrown away as a one-song wonder ("closing time"), but that's not the case. It's a solid album throughout.
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