Strange Desire
by Bleachers
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Strange Desire is ranked as the best album by Bleachers.
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Strange Desire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/20/2025 09:10 |  Igtonumama | 10,790 | 63/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2024 22:42 | BallLightning | 57 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2024 18:26 | iann97 | 1,897 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2023 18:14 | sunnydhamm | 1,605 | 59/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2023 16:08 | Stevo796 | 1,135 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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A top-to-bottom classic, destined to be rediscovered and revered. Opens with Wild Heart and Rollercoaster, a one-two punch of power pop bangers, Wild Heart and Rollercoaster. I Wanna Get Better and Like A River Runs are great big screamalong knockouts. Every song is quirky, inventive and catchy as hell, with the exception of Track #10, which is a big whiff. Later Bleachers albums all have their charms; this one is still Jack's masterpiece.
I like it, but it's still a fairly forgettable attempt at that elusive blend of indie and pop that's actually tolerable. Some good highlights, some really trite and forgettable lows that I will likely never listen to again.
paladisiac 12/30/2014 22:49 | #130477
An offshoot of the band Fun., Bleachers only faintly resembles that band. When he's not helping pen Queen-sized stadium pop for Fun., and not co-writing hits like Taylor Swift's "out of the woods", he's still writing big, wide-eyed pop songs for himself. There's a bombast about the album -- a need to say more than what the lyrics say -- that drive songs like "i wanna get better" and "you're still a mystery". I'd rather have Fun., but this is a good album that's all pop desire and little nuance. (Of course, yoko ono tries to ruin the whole thing near the end, but Bleachers survive.)
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