Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac (studio album) by Butthole Surfers

Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac by Butthole Surfers
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 2,668th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 134 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (44th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (412th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,668th)

Butthole Surfers bestography

Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Butthole Surfers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Butthole Surfers is Locust Abortion Technician which is ranked number 2550 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 612.

Butthole Surfers album bestography « Higher ranked (2,550th) This album (2,668th) Lower ranked (5,311th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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77/100 (from 134 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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From 06/26/2017 01:20
I stumbled upon a Butthole Surfer set at CBGB on YouTube and was pleasantly surprised. Really dug the set so I decided to check out some of their music.

Interesting listen. The album hits a nice stride with Dum Dum Wolly Boly and Negro Observer. The rest is a little too hardcore punk or just plain odd for me.
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From 06/16/2014 03:05
A mix of unlistenably bizarre experimental songs (Concubine, Cherub) and more conventional surf/cow-punk (Butthole Surfer, Gary Floyd, Mexican Caravan). Not for for everyone, but if like the surfers, this one of the better entries in their catalog.
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From 06/12/2009 04:35
In this tribal music for modern times pagan rhythms pound, savage vocals hallucinate & guitars squeal and churn like explosive bodily functions. Another Man’s Sac plays like a shamanistic vision laced with scatological vulgarity.
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