Blood Visions
by Jay Reatard
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Jay Reatard bestography
Blood Visions is ranked as the best album by Jay Reatard.
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Blood Visions track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Blood Visions rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 69 Music Albums of 2006 | 13/69 | 4 |
| 2026 | tyleraepps | Top 89 Music Albums of the 2000s | 82/89 | 2 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 28 Music Albums of 2006 | 25/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 52 Music Albums of 2006 | 28/52 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 68 Music Albums of 2006 | 5/68 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 39 Music Albums of 2006 | 22/39 | 2 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 74 Music Albums of 2006 | 19/74 | 4 |
| 2026 | Stevo796 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 26/100 | 15 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 103 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 411 | |||
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Blood Visions ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/23/2026 22:07 | matterhornrider | 5,154 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2026 19:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,613 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 01:40 |  imacgill | 2,837 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Purplepash 04/23/2024 09:00 in What album are you listening to right now?
Komorebi-D 01/10/2017 02:48 in underrated garage rock revival bandsBlood Visions comments
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One of only two records made by Jay before he passed away. Very hectic and high energy punk rock with call and response vocals. Extremely tight and impressive playing when you consider that Jay played almost everything minus his girlfriend at the time who played bass in one or two tracks.
The master is intentionally blown out and lo-fi (kind of like the Iggy mix of Raw Power) and the songs are short and catchy. Jay could've gone on to do a lot more, but he still left a good legacy. (Edited)
Very visceral garage rock with some definite punk influence. One of my favourite records of the decade, as every song seems to be better than the last. The repetitive and aggressive guitar riffs and low-budget feel makes it seem like it was actually recorded in his garage. The cover itself is just incredibly disturbed, which matches his overly-maniacal and ironic tone as he shouts almost monosyllabically. A great record and recommended to me by a friend who I should talk to more. (Edited)
Komorebi-D 10/17/2016 05:19 | #177014 | TOP COMMENT
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I fail to see why exactly this album has not reached a high position on the chart for its year of release. It's easily one of the best things to happen during a relative monotonous year in music (or just in general). The sheer punk-rock and violently lyrical forces guiding this thing are bewildering. Plus, who does not love a self-ascribed "concept album about killing a girl"?
Jimmy Dread 09/12/2014 21:26 | #121827 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best, if not THE best, rock 'n' roll records of the last 20 years. Yes - it's THAT good. (Edited)
PatrickD 01/17/2014 07:44 | #100829
Great slashing album reminiscent of great early 80's punk acts like Rik L Rik and Jeff Dahl.
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