Wild Why
by Wobbly

Overall rank: 26,980th | 2000s rank: 4,971st | 2002 rank: 468th
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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	Purplepash	Top 72 Music Albums of 2002	64/72	1
2026	baystateoftheart	Top 51 Music Albums of 2002	30/51	2
2023	Tha1ChiefRocka	Top 57 Music Albums of 2002	32/57	2
2022	RockyRaccoon	Top 51 Music Albums of 2002	36/51	2
2021	RoundTheBend	Top 60 Music Albums of 2002	59/60	0
2020	Applerill	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	81/100	4
2019	Tap	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	11/100	20
2015	Applerill	Top 30 Music Albums of 2002	7/30	4
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		8
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		34

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70/100 !	12/09/2025 18:45	Exist-en-ciel	16,814	70/100
75/100 !	02/05/2024 23:42	NoisyBeast	13,315	74/100
70/100 !	05/01/2021 19:24	baystateoftheart	2,903	72/100

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NoisyBeast 01/13/2024 01:13 in What album are you listening to right now?

“What album are you listening to right now?”

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Hayden 03/15/2020 05:26 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition

“Smidge scattered for my liking. Not sure I dug it at all. I don't think it gives you any time. Kinda like Girl Talk in a pinball machine. I get the appeal, but truly not for me. Impressive production for 2002 though. Babyblue— Queen II. Even if you don't dig it, might's'well have it checked off.…”

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Tap 03/05/2017 09:04 in ADP #4: Wild Why by Wobbly

“I decided to go with an album here that is a bit under the radar. There's about two professional reviews you can find online, a positive one from a San Francisco weekly (the artist was based there at the time) and a negative one on Pitchfork, written months after release by a curmudgeonly friend of…”

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RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/12/2017 23:34 | #187340

If nothing else, read this thread about this album. Tap did a really good job giving this album context.

https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15595

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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/18/2019 22:15 | #229942

I found this album to be a rather interesting listening experience. I should have hated this album, but I didn't, and actually got into it to some degree. I'm not logging into Amazon to order a copy, but I was able to happily listen to the entire thing and wouldn't automatically dismiss it should it come before me again.

While much of the music sampled was originally, IMO, mind numbingly repetitious, the samples were mixed with some deftness into a collage of sound that was not as such. There was a groove and a rhythm to it, but it had more complexity than the originals, and morphed often enough, and in interesting enough ways, to allow for (my) listening without wanting to just chuck it, but rather simultaneously settling in to what was going on and looking forward to what was going to happen next.

I'm not going to declare it some kind of great musical triumph, but I do think it's pretty darn good at what it does.

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