Test
by The Microphones
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The Microphones bestography
Test is ranked 18th best out of 41 albums by Phil Elverum on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Phil Elverum is The Glow Pt. 2 which is ranked number 209 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,252.
(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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Test track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (13 out of 21 tracks have been rated).
Test rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 46 Music Albums of 1998 | 11/46 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 31 Music Albums of 1998 | 29/31 | 0 |
| 2024 | PapaShiz86 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1998 | 43/50 | 1 |
| 2022 |  drstuey | Top 33 Music Albums of 1998 | 28/33 | 1 |
| 2020 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2019 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2018 | JamesMowbray | Top 11 Music Albums of 1998 | 9/11 | 1 |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 47/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Test ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/24/2022 08:22 | lanadeleswift | 3,717 | 86/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 22:50 |  Arthurknight | 9,591 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2022 13:03 | DommeDamian | 7,469 | 49/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2022 06:38 | drstuey | 2,706 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2021 05:19 | PapaShiz86 | 11,524 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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drstuey 02/24/2022 12:08 | #281871
Some might call it indulgent and wilfully obscure, but I found it entertaining and fun and quite compelling. Grungy weirdness constructed out of odd sounds, often with vocals referring to, or from the point of view of the different sounds and musical equipment that made them.
Although Tests is the first full length release by the Microphones it's a terrible starting point for exploring their material, but fans will find a lot to like on this record. The album really lives up to its name with almost all songs having unconventional structures and it makes for a record that's magnificent as often as it's unbearable. Tracks like Pre-Amp and Feedback love are great and Oh Anna stands with the best of the band's work, but even as a fan of Danse Manatee I find Monsters almost completely unlistenable. A great listen for fans but newcomers should go straight to the Glow pt 2.
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