At Action Park
by Shellac
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At Action Park is ranked as the best album by Shellac.
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At Action Park track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
At Action Park rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 40/71 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1994 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 90 Music Albums of 1994 | 51/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 76 Music Albums of 1994 | 53/76 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1994 | 53/92 | 2 |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | Top 38 Music Albums of 1994 | 15/38 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1994 | 12/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 30/71 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1994: Punk | 2/17 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 89 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 372 | |||
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At Action Park ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/15/2026 16:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 18:26 | Vulgarplacards | 64 | 94/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 06:22 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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At Action Park forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourt
MadhattanJack 10/12/2025 08:08 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Mercury 12/01/2021 20:29 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionAt Action Park comments
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MadhattanJack 10/12/2025 08:46 | #311332 | TOP COMMENT
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Music critics started calling this sort of music "math rock" because they got tired of having to use terms like "angular," "abrasive," "aggressive," "rhythmically complex," "sharp-edged," "start-stop," and "spiky" all the time. Also, I suspect they didn't really like it, so they figured if they associated it with "math" (which everyone hates), nobody would buy it and they'd stop making albums like this. But they were wrong! So-called math rock bands continue to make records to this very day. "At Action Park" is a seminal album in the genre (if it can be called a "genre"), and personally I like it a lot better than equally seminal LPs like Slint's "Spiderland" or Polvo's "Today's Active Lifestyles." It may very well be the only album in the genre (if it can be called that) I've ever actually liked enough to listen to all the way through, which is hard because of my intense hatred of math. (Edited)
doombringer 10/13/2025 11:54 | #311342
...totally agree with @MadhattanJack ! For the exception that i love math : D) (Edited)
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