This Is Our Music
by Galaxie 500

This Is Our Music by Galaxie 500
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-10-01
Overall rank: 3,916th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 124 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (644th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,916th)

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Galaxie 500 bestography

This Is Our Music is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by Galaxie 500 on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Galaxie 500 is On Fire which is ranked number 427 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,923.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,916th | 1990s rank: 644th | 1990 rank: 54th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 124 votes)
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75/100
 
04/07/2026 08:57 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
25/100
 
03/30/2026 09:29 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,37782/100
 
70/100
 
03/25/2026 21:42 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,59973/100
 
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11/29/2025 03:46 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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11/14/2025 01:27 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,14333/100

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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 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.

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From 10/27/2023 00:46 | #299648
No BPMs here, just unhurried guitars, simple drums and droning vocals (oh, and the occasional orchestral flourish). For Sunday mornings rather than Saturday nights. Very Good.
Choice Cuts: Way Up High; Fourth of July; Listen, The Snow Is Falling; Summertime
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60/100
From 04/08/2021 14:53 | #268329
Wow, the first track actually has a backbeat.

All in all, I think this band is more interesting for anyone who enjoys singer-songwriters and folk music with overly eccentric prog rock vocals. People who look for rock shouldn't linger here for too long.

I can't believe someone can describe this with the words "rapturous noise" with a straight face. This is the most domesticated music I have ever heard in my life.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 09/18/2017 01:35 | #198168
Best Tracks: Listen The Snow Is Falling, Fourth of July
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Rating:  
90/100
From 12/27/2014 12:47 | #130204
Your band went all the way to play for local concert in Australia, but all you did on stage was cover The Velvet Underground.
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90/100
From 03/23/2014 15:02 | #107259
A rapturous noise.
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95/100
From 01/02/2012 21:28 | #34245
Galaxie 500's last record was their finest hour, achingly beautiful, Galaxie's slow-core is a masterpiece in understatement.
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