Tenderness Junction
by The Fugs
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The Fugs bestography
Tenderness Junction is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by The Fugs on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Fugs is The Fugs which is ranked number 6951 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 188.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Tenderness Junction track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tenderness Junction rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 99 Music Albums of 1968 | 7/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1968 | 28/61 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 84 Music Albums of the 1960s | 21/84 | 15 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1960s 2 | 55/100 | - |
| 2022 |  mdbaxter | Top 44 Music Albums of 1968 | 32/44 | 1 |
| 2020 | treefingers | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 27/50 | 17 |
| 2019 |  pa | Top 28 Music Albums of 1967 | 28/28 | - |
| 2018 | Ashmark | Top 60 Music Albums of 1967 | 53/60 | - |
| 2015 |  NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 16/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 40 | |||
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Tenderness Junction ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/14/2026 19:36 | Olli | 7,961 | 62/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 15:09 | EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2024 00:12 | PapaShiz86 | 11,828 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 68.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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NoisyBeast 04/08/2026 19:48 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pa 09/11/2014 09:07 in What album are you listening to right now?Tenderness Junction comments
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i bought this recently on a whim and could not have been more pleased. really awesome songs with some wacky ideas and great sounds. favorite track is maybe "the garden is open" but it plays really well as a whole album. i sent a link to my dad who is a huge dead, zappa, dylan fan and he loved it.
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/12/2021 15:03 | #274911
Well I'll be damned. The Fugs actually made something that sounds somewhat good to a typical human person. That's not to say that their lyrics are any more sensical than before but the sounds that are coming out of their instruments and mouths are actually smooth and easy to digest. They still challenge the listener with rough recordings, complex arrangements and general debauchery but this is definitely the closest The Fugs have come to making a record that you could show to a functioning member of society.
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