Cassette
by Viet Cong
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Viet Cong bestography
Cassette is ranked 6th best out of 6 albums by Preoccupations on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Preoccupations is Viet Cong which is ranked number 1234 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,415.
(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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Cassette track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cassette 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 |  ssteve | Top 63 Music Albums of 2014 | 28/63 | 3 |
| 2025 |  johnner | Top 16 Music Albums of 2014 | 13/16 | 1 |
| 2025 |  ERadio | Top 55 Music Albums of 2014 | 20/55 | 3 |
| 2024 | henrygreen0203 | Top 47 Music Albums of 2014 | 34/47 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Brad1770 | Top 27 Music Albums of 2014 | 18/27 | 2 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard :: 2014 Year In Review | 39/84 | - |
| 2023 | 247joelnetwork | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2021 | kelseyconnelly | Top 46 Music Albums of 2014 | 45/46 | 0 |
| 2019 |  alexgagne | Top 50 Music Albums of 2014 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2018 | blackflag29 | Top 86 Music Albums of 2014 | 82/86 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 26 | |||
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Cassette ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/09/2024 01:42 |  imacgill | 2,837 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2022 10:09 | LosWochos | 47,530 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2021 12:19 | Brad1770 | 1,617 | 66/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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Brad1770 10/31/2021 12:26 | #275567
Canada’s Viet Cong / Preoccupations debut EP finally drops on streaming services and proves the band were fully formed from the get go, delivering a solid collection of 80’s inspired post punk sounds full of plenty of energy including a cracking live version of “Dark Entries” (Bauhaus) well and truly leaving no doubts as to where their inspirations lie
kAtAnArAn 03/14/2015 07:12 | #136753
As a punk-rocker, I prefer this first album to the second. I feel it more agressive, and that's what I want.
johnner 11/28/2014 15:47 | #128159
Official release of the 2013 tour-only cassette with the addition of the Bauhaus cover 'Dark Entries'. Already described as labyrinthine post-punk the music twists and turns every each away akin to Wire covering early Talking Heads - and that's more satisfying than it sounds. Can't wait for the album proper to drop in 2015.
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