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 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/03/2026 14:42 | saltysurprise | 2,944 | 83/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 16:16 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 | |
| 10/12/2025 12:01 | cicadelic | 12,662 | 73/100 | |
| 08/24/2025 12:49 | Ilovesuicide | 350 | 68/100 | |
| 06/17/2025 23:54 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
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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 15.0.
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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.
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.
Komorebi-D 10/17/2016 05:19 | #177014
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
One of the best, if not THE best, rock 'n' roll records of the last 20 years. Yes - it's THAT good.
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.
sssvnnn 09/08/2013 22:10 | #85491
Good old (Punk-)Rock´n´Roll.
Cymro2011 09/01/2013 23:09 | #84993
Not particularly fond of his vocal style on this album. I prefer his music with the Reatards on Teenage Hate. This album is still good though,
One of the most underrated albums of the past decade. it needs more exposure.
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