American Water
by Silver Jews
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American Water is ranked as the best album by Silver Jews.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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American Water track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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American Water rankings
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American Water ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/03/2026 23:26 | Herdandhokies | 337 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 18:20 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 12:11 | sebfox | 2,636 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 05:36 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2025 04:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,386 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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A decent enough album but….. it doesn’t really grab me. Not half as good as it’s predecessor, the natural bridge which is an absolute classic. Not too disappointed with this but not sure how many times I will be playing it
teague 07/10/2020 06:15 | #255355
Nothing particularly interesting, but it seems like they're not really trying to write the most mind blowing material in the world. The quality of songs dips pretty hard after the first two or three tracks.
I just discovered this album. It's one of those you can't believe has existed all this time without you knowing about it. Absolutely love it.
NoeSSS 03/12/2016 18:09 | #161790
This has to be the strangest Pavement record
Dingerbell 01/13/2014 20:03 | #100563
People is absolutely amazing. One of the best I've heard.
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