Tubthumper
by Chumbawamba
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Chumbawamba bestography
Tubthumper is ranked as the best album by Chumbawamba.
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Tubthumper track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tubthumper rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1997 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1997 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1997 | 9/50 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1997 | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 56 Music Albums of 1997 | 54/56 | 0 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 48 Music Albums of 1997 | 8/48 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 45/93 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 45 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 193 | |||
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Tubthumper ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/04/2026 04:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,260 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2026 19:24 | Cyrax | 1,884 | 61/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2026 21:43 | mtniland | 2 | 100/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.1/100, a mean average of 63.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.3.
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Tubthumper forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5453): By BachView latest topic →
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Tap 05/19/2018 08:18 in Why You Love the First Album You Heard From a Band the MostTubthumper comments
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ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/12/2022 02:00 | #284043 | TOP COMMENT
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Gotta say after listening to this again now I'm enjoying it even more haha. Misunderstood album perhaps? I feel like it was. I think it's pretty cool. These guys got made fun of so much back then, gosh if only they had a different name maybe. (Edited)
Listmeister 09/11/2013 23:50 | #85748 | TOP COMMENT
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My wife says the first song is just about a guy who gets knocked down, then he gets up again. I explain, no, it's an anthem of indominability (a fancy word for getting knocked down but getting back up again). Anyway. Does anyone know if this is the same baby as the one on Anarchy?
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