Massachusetts (studio album) by Scud Mountain Boys

Massachusetts by Scud Mountain Boys
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 23,861st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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72/100 (from 14 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1996 (457th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (3,873rd)
Award Best albums of all time (23,861st)
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72/100 (from 14 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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It can be tough to keep track of Joe Pernice's discography, as he has released three albums with the Scud Mountain Boys, one as Joe Pernice, several as the Pernice Brothers, and a few more on side projects such as Chappaquiddick Skyline and Big Tobacco. This body of work is all recognizably Pernice, as his musical style remains consistently within the space between alt-country and low-fi, and his lyrical content is reliably depressing, morbid, even a little misanthropic. But the way it's presented, rather than feeling dull and gloomy, often has a lushness and devotion to harmony that feels spacious and inviting. Of all his releases, I think Massachusetts is best. This one contains what might be his best known song, "Grudge Fuck," but my preference is for the album's closer "Knievel," a literally and metaphorically soaring exploration of the psyche of one of our greatest daredevils.
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