Philosophy Of The World
by The Shaggs
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Philosophy Of The World is ranked as the best album by The Shaggs.
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Philosophy Of The World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 64 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/11/2025 20:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,534 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2025 04:06 |  pranafilms | 236 | 91/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2025 07:46 | cicadelic | 11,957 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2025 00:24 | Ilovesuicide | 340 | 68/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2025 11:02 |  LedZep | 4,919 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 60.2/100, a mean average of 59.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 59.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 26.1.
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Trying to rate this album is like trying to critique a drawing made by a preschooler.
I mean... how do give this album a rating? They are unbelievably bad at playing their instruments. They are out of tune. They are out of sync with one another. Except for the vocalists match each other with near perfection, which is actually just another bad thing. The lyrics are bizarre and terrible. It's hard to imagine something that could be objectively worse. This does to your ears what eating a mix of shredded wheat, pickled radishes and tuna in a bowl with water would do to your tastebuds. I dunno there is something admirable about that though.
BozoTyrannus 06/09/2020 15:10 | #253194
Absolutely impossible to rate accurately. But without question one of my favorite albums.
StefanR10 05/30/2020 20:48 | #252592
I heard worse but this is not the worst music ever made. The Lou Reed album with sound effects is a little bit worser, but you can hear that music i find it interesting. A little bit like Trout Mask Replica. Maybe not to recommend but when you want to start a avantgarde or LO-FI band or something like that you can hear this.
It understandable why this album isn't liked. Hell maybe some points I might need to turn it off. But it comes of as somewhat endearing and actually shows some fundamentals of music within the mix. So in the middle. Not angry but not floored.
Mattdup279 10/13/2017 13:58 | #199443
The musical equivalent of the Tommy Wiseau film 'The Room.'
Purplepash 03/28/2017 13:06 | #188324
This is an album that truly should be on any list of albums you must hear before you die. Love it or hate it it is a unique experience that must be heard to be believed. Personally I had a smile on my face (when I wasn't outright laughing out loud) for 30 odd minutes, so I must think of this as an album I enjoyed listening to and that is always a plus in music.
Kingturtle 04/04/2016 19:22 | #163306
The birth of indie rock!
10/10 Better than the Beatles
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