Heartworm
by Whipping Boy

Album
Heartworm by Whipping Boy
Year: 1995
Release date: 1995-11-01
Overall rank: 5,757th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (101st)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (938th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,757th)

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Heartworm is ranked as the best album by Whipping Boy.

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- This album (5,757th)
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Heartworm rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,757th | 1990s rank: 938th | 1995 rank: 101st  Overall chart history
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Heartworm ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 54 votes)
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 !		06/20/2026 17:42 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,35170/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.


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Heartworm forum mentions

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From Patman360 12/18/2019 18:25 in Irish Indie bands of the 80s and early 90s?
“Finally getting around to replying to this a bit later, works been mad with Christmas deadlines and whatnot but let's give it a shot. So to add to some rec's for some of the above mentioned artists, these are some of the albums I recommend most highly (a bunch of whom have actually made my overall…”
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From Mercury 11/30/2018 23:34 in What album are you listening to right now?
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From Jimmy Dread 01/16/2018 18:11 in Britpop Calling
“Conundrum for the day: is Britpop a genre? :? I would say probably not. More of a scene than a genre. There's quite a lot of diversity in the sound and influences oon bands considered Britpop and some things strike me as being quite Britpop just becuse of the attitude of the bands and because they…”
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From 07/16/2009 18:10 | #5246 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Its time the rest of the world (outside ireland) listened to this album. Never get tired of listening to it.
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From 12/24/2012 16:59 | #58796 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Play it over and over and let it enthrall you. An astonishing album
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From 11/23/2012 08:00 | #55701 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I discovered this thanks to a radio station playing " we dont't need nobody else" amazing, heart wrenching song, buying the album there are further 'gems' a grower of an album, don't be put off by the first listen, keep going with it and you won't be let down..............
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From 04/01/2025 22:06 | #308278 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The second side doesn't live up to the first, speaking like I have this gem on record. Amazing album and everyone should listen (especially outside Ireland). Of course started off with the negative but just complaining for no reason (Edited)
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