Same Place The Fly Got Smashed (studio album)
by Guided By Voices
Guided By Voices bestography
Same Place The Fly Got Smashed is ranked 14th best out of 64 albums by Guided By Voices on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Guided By Voices is Bee Thousand which is ranked number 533 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,240.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Same Place The Fly Got Smashed track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Same Place The Fly Got Smashed rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Repo | 1990: Even More Gems | 3/29 | - |
| 2025 |  AAL2014 | Guided By Voices: So Far.. | 6/8 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  dihansse | Top 73 Music Albums of 1990 | 73/73 | 0 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1990 | 34/41 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1990 | 77/99 | 1 |
| 2023 | larryrrr | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 57/100 | 33 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | Top 1000 Albums of the 1990s... # 101 - 200 | 54/100 | - |
| 2022 |  zwiebel | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 49/50 | 0 |
| 2020 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 1990 | 48/99 | 3 |
| 2018 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 31/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 46 | |||
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Same Place The Fly Got Smashed ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/29/2025 05:09 |  Kingturtle | 7,441 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/28/2025 20:05 | daCritic | 4,380 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2025 15:34 | TodFitz | 27,325 | 63/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2025 05:11 | AAL2014 | 3,559 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2024 08:02 | TonySayers61 | 23,185 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.8/100, a mean average of 63.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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Drinkers Peace and When She Turns 50 are great tracks, the rest isn't up to the standard of GBV's later work. I've always had a soft spot for this album though, it flows really nicely and the songs complement each other well.
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