Rift (studio album)
by Phish

Rift by Phish
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 5,450th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 59 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (95th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (906th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,450th)

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Phish bestography

Rift is ranked 4th best out of 69 albums by Phish on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Phish is A Live One which is ranked number 3616 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 405.

Phish album bestography « Higher ranked (5,201st)
A Picture Of Nectar
This album (5,450th)
Rift
Lower ranked (7,725th) »
Billy Breathes

(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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Rift track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rift rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,450th | 1990s rank: 906th | 1993 rank: 95th

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Rift ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 59 votes)
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12/07/2025 07:27 Kingturtle   7,44173/100
 
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11/18/2024 15:11 davidleewrong   2,31881/100

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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 76.3/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.

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Rift comments

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80/100
From 05/01/2016 23:02 | #164955
Some of this stuff, while brilliant causes anxiety for me for some reason. I think it's the musical dissonance and not always in a space (not just 7th/9th/13th chords), but I feel they create this dissonance in the same way... they have something that barely fits into something that shouldn't... it's this crazy musical idea I don't think many musicians have played with. It's great... just, well I can't want to listen to it all the time.

Overall the album is top notch quality, just not top notch listen-ability if that makes any sense.

I happen to think Farmhouse is their best studio effort.
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85/100
From 05/31/2013 03:24 | #77720
Rift is Phish's best studio effort. It features some of Tom Marshall's best poetry, a unifying thematic concept, and beautiful cover art.
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From 03/10/2013 17:41 | #67730
My Friend, My Friend is basically the epitome of studio Phish.
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Best Albums of 1993
1. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
2. In Utero by Nirvana
3. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
4. Souvlaki by Slowdive
5. Debut by Björk
6. Vs. by Pearl Jam
7. Midnight Marauders by A Tribe Called Quest
8. Suede by Suede
9. Last Splash by The Breeders
10. August And Everything After by Counting Crows
11. Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg
12. Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) by Red House Painters
13. So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
14. Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey
15. Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair
16. Modern Life Is Rubbish by Blur
17. Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode
18. Pablo Honey by Radiohead
19. Zooropa by U2
20. Undertow by Tool
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