The Pod
by Ween

The Pod by Ween
Year: 1991
Release date: 1991-09-20
Overall rank: 9,009th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 121 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (122nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,439th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,009th)

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Ween bestography

The Pod is ranked 8th best out of 26 albums by Ween on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ween is The Mollusk which is ranked number 555 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,080.

Ween album bestography « Higher ranked (8,037th)
God Ween Satan - The Oneness
This album (9,009th)
The Pod
Lower ranked (18,187th) »
Shinola Vol. 1

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 9,009th | 1990s rank: 1,439th | 1991 rank: 122nd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 121 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.


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From Rhyner 03/21/2018 23:10 in Look-alike album covers
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“This is the first time I've heard this one. I listened to it three times. Meh. I like The Mollusk (for the most part), but I haven't been able to get into anything else Ween has done. This one's no different. For most of the album, it sounds like they're just messing around. A huge portion of this…”
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95/100
I agree that this is hard to sit through the first time around. However, once you give it a few more listens you start to realize just how amazing this album is. Starting off with great songs like Dr. Rock, Sorry Charlie, Pollo Asada, Right to the ways and the rules of the world, this album hits you hard with gems. As it goes on, you get slower and songs with a lower pitch. The climax of pork roll egg and cheese is definitely one of the best endings to an album. The only clear flaw is having the stallion pt. 2 after pork roll egg and cheese. Pork roll even ends with a thanks for listening saying its the end. This may not be easy to get into, but is definitely worth while if you can. (Edited)
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100/100
If only I could listen to this album again for the first time. (Edited)
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70/100
I've hard literally such a hard time getting through this album even ONCE. Dense as you can possibly get, and the fact that it's 75+ minutes doesn't help much. Only three real gems here honestly, which are Pork Roll Egg and Cheese, Captain Fantasy and (Oh My Dear) Falling in Love. (Edited)
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85/100
Some authentic Ween weirdness. It is quite a large package, but more often than not it's gratifying. (Edited)
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