Paganicons
by Saccharine Trust
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Saccharine Trust bestography
Paganicons is ranked as the best album by Saccharine Trust.
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Paganicons track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Paganicons rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 82 Music Albums of 1981 | 30/82 | 3 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 90/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 80 Music Albums of 1981 | 47/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | stwins | Top 38 Greatest Music Albums | 1/38 | 99 |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1981 | 29/63 | - |
| 2024 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Mercury | Top 45 Music Albums of 1981 | 29/45 | 2 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | Vinyl Collection ~ Part Three | 91/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 191 | |||
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Paganicons ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2026 22:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,426 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2024 11:07 | JamesMowbray | 5,733 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2022 12:34 | TonySayers61 | 26,006 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.4/100, a mean average of 67.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.8.
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Paganicons forum mentions
Mercury 04/16/2023 14:55 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!
neilgee 10/21/2020 15:42 in What album are you listening to right now?Paganicons comments
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ERadio 05/31/2016 13:22 | #167391 | TOP COMMENT
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Unlike Allmusic's reviewer, I think Saccharine Trust sound better here, on this album as a raw punk band, than with the glossy songwriting of later albums. Good stuff.
Do yourself a favor and get the lousiest version you can find for maximum scuzz (and enjoyment). Hardcore punk should really be as dirty as possible.
Anyway, this is potentially the best EP ever made. No slow songs. Probably no second takes. Definitely no traditional musicians involved except maybe the guitar player and even he must've been really wasted when they recorded this. So aggressive and honest, it's sad.
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