Musica De Fondo: MTV Unplugged
by Zoé
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Zoé bestography
Musica De Fondo: MTV Unplugged is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Zoé on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Zoé is Reptilectric which is ranked number 15708 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 72.
(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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Musica De Fondo: MTV Unplugged track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Musica De Fondo: MTV Unplugged rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Springsteen | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 78 Music Albums of 2011 | 35/78 | 3 |
| 2025 | BLO | Top 41 Music Albums of the 2010s | 12/41 | 15 |
| 2023 |  Crhmgs | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s | 48/50 | 1 |
| 2023 | Crhmgs | Top 8 Music Albums of 2011 | 4/8 | 3 |
| 2020 | BLO | Top 6 Music Albums of 2011 | 3/6 | 3 |
| 2020 | Crhmgs | Favourite Songs | 72/100 | - |
| 2019 |  nocturnaldelight | My Audio Quality Reference Collection | 51/51 | - |
| 2019 | Lefoule7 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s | 65/99 | 7 |
| 2018 |  lleon79 | Favorite Live Albums | 9/11 | - |
| 2017 | ladihooo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2014 | electricladylan | Top 38 Greatest Music Albums | 20/38 | - |
| 2014 | paranoid | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 31/40 | - |
| 2013 | burtoncliff931 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 13/40 | - |
| 2013 | sargeantpepper89 | Top 39 Greatest Music Albums | 5/39 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 51 | |||
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Musica De Fondo: MTV Unplugged ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/03/2026 09:22 |  nextorgd | 1,208 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2025 00:11 | davidbalo | 356 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 19:18 | Trolltim3 | 64 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2022 17:37 | EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2022 10:19 | Springsteen | 406 | 81/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.7/100, a mean average of 82.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Most Mexican rock bands tend to very little appeal outside their home country. Much of the music just sounds like generic American arena rock sung in Spanish. There's nothing wrong with that, but just like how I won't seek out Styx, I won't seek out Jaguares when thinking about the best ever albums.
However, there are bands like Cafe Tacuba and Zoe that seamlessly incorporate their culture into their music to create a wonderful musical aesthetic.
This is a very mellow album, with some beautiful transcendent moments with the surprisingly varied instrumentation. There are pristine strings, Spanish guitars, drums, and even what sounds like a banjo at one point. The closer is a very uplifting rendition of the traditional song "Besame Mucho" that really knocks it out of the park. This is one of the best live albums I've ever heard, and I hope it gets some more recognition.
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