Saturation
by Urge Overkill
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Saturation is ranked as the best album by Urge Overkill.
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Saturation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Saturation rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | joathome | Top 67 Music Albums of 1993 | 58/67 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1993 | 37/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Greatest Music Albums #201 - 300 | 71/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 33 Music Albums of 1993 | 8/33 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 96 Music Albums of 1993 | 41/96 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 55 Music Albums of 1993 | 38/55 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart 1001-1100 | 4/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 65 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 362 | |||
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Saturation ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 10:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,586 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 17:22 | matterhornrider | 5,216 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 00:52 | mrmcrook | 1,148 | 77/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Saturation forum mentions
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Saturation comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/06/2021 17:04 | #270430 | TOP COMMENT
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Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman said of Saturation in 1993, "Urge Overkill, a band made up of some very smart boys acting dumb, had a[n] ambivalent year, cursed, you might say, by the granting of all their wishes. The band had a good record company enthused about promoting a good record, and good wishes and support from all quarters: both alterative and mainstream radio, the press, MTV, Nirvana, you name it. Yet for some reason, while the group's very smart record sold respectably, it never really clicked with buyers. Nor did its even smarter videos turn on the MTV kids. On balance, the band was either too smart about being dumb or too dumb about being smart." I think Wyman was on to something, and he seems to have offered a compelling explanation for why an album as consistently good as Saturation has widely been regarded as little more than a footnote in the annals of nineties rock. I think it's a grunge album that's both poppier and catchier than a lot of the other nineties grunge bands and more sophisticated than a lot of the bands that music fans perceived as edgier. "Sister Havana" and "Positive Bleeding" are two of the best straight-ahead rock songs of the decade.
A decent mix of styles to keep it interesting. Jangly Alternative, mild Stoner/Desert Rock, Soft Commercial, Up-Tempo. A great find. Way better than anticipated and getting better with every listen.
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