Houdini
by Melvins

Houdini by Melvins
Year: 1993
Release date: 1993-09-21
Overall rank: 2,377th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 198 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (38th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (412th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,377th)

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Houdini is ranked as the best album by Melvins.

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Overall rank: 2,377th | 1990s rank: 412th | 1993 rank: 38th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 198 votes)
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65/100
 
04/10/2026 18:41 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,75370/100
 
40/100
 
04/07/2026 21:27 ForegroundNoise  Ratings distribution  3,02560/100
 
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03/23/2026 18:36 Leschoses  Ratings distribution  9085/100
 
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02/28/2026 16:10 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
80/100
 
12/22/2025 22:45 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,26362/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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80/100
From 09/05/2017 03:11 | #197284
Sludgy, Sabbathy, Doom Metal. This album rocks. Definitely the Melvins "big record company" album, but still very enjoyable. However, don't buy into the idea Kurt Cobain had much to do with this album... It was basically all Buzz and Dale.
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From 09/06/2014 09:17 | #121332
My first experience of the melvins. Easy to see why Kurt Cobain rated them so highly!
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From 02/05/2014 12:45 | #102267
Resounding Classic!
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