Goat
by The Jesus Lizard

Album
Goat by The Jesus Lizard
Year: 1991
Release date: 1991-03-15
Overall rank: 1,430th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 200 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (24th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (252nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,430th)

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Goat is ranked as the best album by The Jesus Lizard.

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Overall rank: 1,430th | 1990s rank: 252nd | 1991 rank: 24th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 200 votes)
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 !		07/30/2026 21:56 xhitmanx  Ratings distribution  1,60475/100
 
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 !		07/07/2026 10:13 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,79648/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.


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Goat forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 09/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5431): By Amirkhosro
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From 05/04/2014 21:35 | #110792 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
It's 3am and the hostile lunatic outside won't stop shouting. Keep him away from the children.
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From 10/13/2015 04:20 | #151382 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Listened to it because some friend said they were great. They really kick ass, this superb album needs to be more recognized. Really raw to be punk.
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From 12/01/2022 05:49 | #291686 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Selected random Album to listen to and this came up. I know nothing about the Jesus Lizard, but as it starts up and the year 1991, the grungey / Smashing Pumpkins vibe was my first though. Song 2 no not Blur but there Song 2 is called Mouth Breather preempting Stranger Things by 30 years or so. This is much heavier musically and more punky vocally. So I cheked them put on Wikipedia and they have been produced by the likes of Steve Albini (Nirvana) and Andy Gill (Gang of four) so that makes sense. Anyway interetsing if not exactly original
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From 10/14/2012 18:57 | #52350 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Heavy heavy music, vocals of the pain and agony, foreboding air of the long lost well. It's got plenty of things going to create enjoyable (in the sense of horror) expereince and yet it seems a little off the mark. Gives of this cult status more than anything. 'Then Comes Dudley' and 'Mouth Breather' are high points. If you like this check out their album 'Blue'. Not much else to say, probably needs a good dozen listens to become a favorite.
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From 04/03/2015 15:44 | #138711 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
After a handful of listens, it's finally catching on! These guys are fucking maniacal. Love the arpeggios and guitar texture.
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