Bubble & Scrape
by Sebadoh

Bubble & Scrape by Sebadoh
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 10,796th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 62 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (165th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,712th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,796th)

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Sebadoh bestography

Bubble & Scrape is ranked 5th best out of 15 albums by Sebadoh on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sebadoh is Bakesale which is ranked number 2289 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 714.

Sebadoh album bestography « Higher ranked (9,959th)
Rocking The Forest / Sebadoh Vs. Helmet
This album (10,796th)
Bubble & Scrape
Lower ranked (24,280th) »
The Freed Man

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Bubble & Scrape track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Bubble & Scrape rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,796th | 1990s rank: 1,712th | 1993 rank: 165th  Overall chart history
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Bubble & Scrape ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 62 votes)
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01/28/2026 22:03 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,55070/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.


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95/100
Excellent songs all the way through, the benefit of having three strong songwriters. The music is edgy and full of musical surprises, definitely held my interest. It has noise and distortion in the right measure, and even some avant on Gaffney's songs. It's cool that it has a theme too, heartbreak/break-up album mostly. The female backing vocals are a nice touch, along with interesting vocal harmonies by the band. The album is deceptively nuanced musically, particularly for something classed as "lo-fi". (Edited)
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65/100
College kids band-level music. (Edited)
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75/100
Good. Very good at times. I would have loved this five years before it actually came out.
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80/100
Not a bad sophomore effort.
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Great album!
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