Bricks Are Heavy
by L7
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Bricks Are Heavy is ranked as the best album by L7.
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Bricks Are Heavy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bricks Are Heavy rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 55 Music Albums of 1992 | 32/55 | 2 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1992 | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums in August 2022 | 26/99 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 46 Music Albums of 1992 | 4/46 | 5 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 37 Music Albums of 1992 | 6/37 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 71 Music Albums of 1992 | 38/71 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 56 Music Albums of 1992 | 46/56 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 86 Music Albums of 1992 | 23/86 | 4 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 40 Music Albums of 1992 | 29/40 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 108 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 434 | |||
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Bricks Are Heavy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/17/2026 09:33 | Goodrump | 64 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 02:08 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 15:42 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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BestEverAlbums 04/15/2019 20:00 in Album of the day (#3044): Bricks Are Heavy by L7Bricks Are Heavy comments
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/12/2011 15:05 | #19147 | TOP COMMENT
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In which the girls, who had been silent in rock for years, get their grunge on. Their 3rd album, Bricks Are Heavy rode the wave of Nirvana with the single "Pretend We're Dead" to stardom. These aren't girls you'd necessarily want to date...they are deadpan and scathing, giving pretty much everyone and everything hell for the hell of it. The album does rock, and it's very listenable. It's just not very...nice. "Pretend We're Dead" still sounds great, and songs like "Diet Pill" (a complaint that it's wearing off) and "Shitlist" are very good. L7 has been on hiatus since 2001, with no reunion in sight.
StefanR10 07/12/2020 20:12 | #255489 | TOP COMMENT
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It is a good grunge album. Like the beginning for nirvana. The interesting fact is here are women who sing grunge as one of a rare group who is in grunge. Standout track: Pretend we‘re dead.
L7 albums are usually mixed bags; two or three great tracks and a lot of noisy forgettable ones. This one is no exception. Pretend We're Dead and Shitlist are catchy as hell, the rest is somewhat skippable. (Edited)
Good grunge staple. All woman make for the difference but they put out the raw aggression as well if not better than many other grunge contenders.
Wonderful heavy and punchy record that really encapsulated the tone and mood of the 90's.
Favorite Tracks: "Shitlist" & "Scrap" (Edited)
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