The Ugly Organ
by Cursive
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The Ugly Organ is ranked as the best album by Cursive.
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The Ugly Organ track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 06/01/2026 09:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,453 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 14:21 | Liks_on_music | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 05:08 |  foxytreeko | 1,566 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2025 15:50 |  BroknsocialShawn | 291 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2025 01:05 |  identifer | 974 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Keatownrodriguez 09/26/2019 19:23 | #243100 | TOP COMMENT
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My high school band teacher actually introduced me to this album, it was the last thing I was expecting him to recommend but hey, the man's got a good taste, this is a very Brand New esque album that I'm sure will continue to rise up in my list. ALSO, IT CAME OUT MY BIRTH YEAR ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER FREAKING AMAZING ALBUM
adnielsen 05/07/2018 02:28 | #214356 | TOP COMMENT
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Tim Kasher, singer and eccentric frontman of Cursive, wrote two masterpieces in the course of two years: The Ugly Organ and The Good Life’s Black Out. Both albums display his trademark ironic and self deprecating lyrics. This album is sonically amazing with the addition of Gretta Cohn on cello and a creeping, echo-laden organ. This album has rockers like “Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand” and “Art Is Hard” interspersed with ballads such as “Sierra” and “Driftwood: A Fairy Tale”. The album concludes with a dark and personal song from Kasher by the name of “Staying Alive”. The song is simultaneously haunting, bittersweet, and hopeful. This is an underrated masterpiece and among the best albums of the 2000’s.
Emotionally raw, musically powerful album. Good end-to-end.
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