Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star
by Sonic Youth
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Sonic Youth bestography
Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star is ranked 13th best out of 43 albums by Sonic Youth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sonic Youth is Daydream Nation which is ranked number 75 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,685.
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Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 43 Music Albums of the 1990s | 37/43 | 3 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1994 | 27/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1994 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Sonic Youth Ranked | 11/17 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 92 Music Albums of 1994 | 16/92 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | bjorndedrij | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 98/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 35/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 121 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 278 | |||
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Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/01/2026 23:33 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2026 18:19 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 07:18 | cicadelic | 14,111 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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imacgill 09/09/2024 01:31 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 08/18/2021 15:45 in My discoveries per year Romanelli 06/01/2021 02:16 in What album are you listening to right now?Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star comments
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Definitely Sonic Youth's worst album. They just repeated the same formula they used on Dirty, but this time, they made it noisy and boring. There isn't much to say about most of the songs, they're mostly just forgettable and straight up boring.
However there are a few gems in here: Bull In the Heather, Androgynous Mind, Sweet Shine (best track)
But then there are the sucky forgettable and boring tracks: Bone, Quest For the Cup, Tokyo Eye, Doctor's Orders
I mean don't get me wrong I don't hate this album, but it's Sonic Youth's worst, and their least relevant.
Captain_Dude 07/13/2014 07:43 | #116613 | TOP COMMENT
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Not their best...but, maybe, second best! :o)
Great Album! Definitely deserves a higher rank on this site.
Standout Tracks: Winner's Blue, Bull In The Heather, Screaming Skull, Self-Obsessed and Sexxee, Androgynous Mind, Waist, In The Mind Of The Bourgeois Reader, Sweet Shine
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hoyquarlow 02/08/2018 16:40 | #207418 | TOP COMMENT
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After delivering 3 masterpieces in a row, Sonic Youth's inspiration fell drastically short on that one... There really isn't anything good about that complete bore of an album.
Surprised this gets ranked so low consistently for them. Sure it's not their best but Bull in the heather winners blues and bone are all really good
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