Above
by Mad Season
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Above is ranked as the best album by Mad Season.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 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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| ! | 12/22/2025 21:27 | mizzle | 1,394 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 07:30 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 21:35 | iann97 | 1,944 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:38 |  EyeKanFly | 8,358 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2025 19:23 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,738 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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pedro1976 07/03/2025 21:56 | #309879
a haunting, grunge infused blues rock record with a powerful, atmospheric mood... aging like a fine wine
The good thing with this is even though it's a 'grunge Supergroup', they've gone down a more 'Rock' avenue. Still a few shades of grunge on a couple of tracks, but Layne Staley does well with his vocals to not drift into Alice in Chains territory to much. Definitely the stronger tracks are the opening ones
Jameth 05/31/2019 16:43 | #236948
“Wake Up” and “Long Gone Day” are essential 90’s masterpieces. I never got the buzz for “River of Deceit”, though.
stefano 11/22/2017 16:30 | #201825
Very atmosferic and psychedlic...sometimes it reminds me of The Doors.Wonderful if you use this as a soundtrack for a vacation in a hot place.
Good to keep handy. Cohesive, atmospheric; facilitates a chill contemplative mood. Staley is axial. Downside: it drifts toward middle-of-the-road.
Amazing from start to finish, I don't know what else to say. Very underrated album.
Favourite song on it - Wake Up and River of deceit
With musicians from Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Screaming Trees, this record could be the epilogue of the grunge era.
For sure, in the top ten of 1995
babyBlueSedan 02/10/2015 02:35 | #134521
Listening to this again and it just gets better every time. The whole album is driven by Staley's voice, which I really enjoy, so if you're not a fan you might be left cold. But it's a very driving album that rivals anything Alice in Chains (and Pearl Jam, for that matter) ever did. River of Deceit is great but Wake Up and Long Gone Day might be my favorites. A long grinding ride but there's never a dull moment.
Extremely underrated. This is in my top 5 grunge albums. I agree every song here is quality. Staley just had such an amazing voice.
I am amazed this wasn't ranked higher. What a great album from a talented mix and match band. Every single song is worth listening to over and over again. And with the limited exposure they got it's great to introduce people to them as well. Wish they'd done another one.
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