Gordon
by Barenaked Ladies
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Gordon is ranked as the best album by Barenaked Ladies.
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Gordon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2026 03:23 | dhbarrett | 8,586 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 00:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,149 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2026 10:30 | cicadelic | 13,398 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 04:58 | Jimbo71 | 7 | 90/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2026 04:47 | Proto | 4,190 | 33/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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If I had to state any positives I have with this album, "Brian Wilson" is very close to being a pretty good song. It starts off decently with just some acoustic guitar and it's pleasant and surprising that it's not immediately terrible. Then they had to ruin it by having like 10 instruments blare at once with bongos and just kill the mood of the song. "If I Had a Million Dollars" is bearable, but I still don't think it's that great. The whole album feels like terrible bar music, and it's not bad because it sounds like bar music, it's just bad cause' they're trying to be goofy, but it just comes across as immature and annoying. The instrumentation is alright, but generic, the singing is annoying from everybody, and the lyrics on all the songs, and I mean all of them, are for the most part, down right awful. I think the album cover perfectly describes this album honestly, and it's so bad, I made all of the band members on this album cover discord emojis on my sever, so at least there's that.
At first it seems obnoxious, but after many listens you might enjoy the creative songs from Steven Page and the rest of the ladies. Highlights are "If I Had $1000000," "Brian Wilson, and "What a Good Boy."
ShaneSpear 10/24/2012 19:34 | #53316 | TOP COMMENT
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Never as smart, charming, or ...talented as They Might Be Giants but they managed to turn this album into a career blueprint. Good for them.
junodog4 02/23/2012 02:20 | #37336 | TOP COMMENT
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Harmless fun. Nothing deep or profound, but loads of memorable, catchy hooks and lyrics.
"If I Had A Million Dollars" is the only quality track.
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