Feeling Strangely Fine
by Semisonic

Feeling Strangely Fine by Semisonic
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 7,951st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 65 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (127th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,267th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,951st)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,951st | 1990s rank: 1,267th | 1998 rank: 127th
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2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)70/100 -
2026MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 199883/1001
2026 MadhattanJackTop 73 Music Albums of 199840/732
2026cicadelicQ magazine Recordings Of The Year 199840/50 -
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 201-30053/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s35/10013
2026wizardalienGreatest Albums 101-20059/100 -
2026 NowhereManTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s72/1006
2026 RomanelliTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s78/1005
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 20th Century61/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist)90/100 -
2026 NowhereManTop 13 Music Albums of 199813/130
2026wizardalienTop 19 Music Albums of 19985/194
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Overseas Albums65/100 -
2026 RomanelliTop 79 Music Albums of 19987/795
2026Exist-en-cielTop 98 Music Albums of 199898/980
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest American Albums48/100 -
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 199837/1003
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 19988/1005
2025 paladisiac1990s, #101-20054/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 62
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 159
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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 65 votes)
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55/100
From 05/09/2022 19:34 | #285153 | TOP COMMENT
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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From 02/28/2022 23:59 | #282026
Just another crappy one-hit-wonder band from the Late-90’s. Nothing more, nothing less.
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From 06/22/2020 15:57 | #254144
Reminds me of Pablo Honey in that "REM discovers Pixies" sort of way.
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90/100
From 04/14/2019 12:37 | #234953 | TOP COMMENT
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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Rating:  
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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90/100
From 03/02/2018 05:19 | #209896 | TOP COMMENT
Maybe the most underrated album of the 90s? Really this entire band's discography is underrated.
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From 10/05/2016 21:21 | #176408 | TOP COMMENT
Secret Smile is a classic
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75/100
From 05/01/2014 17:30 | #110518 | TOP COMMENT
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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