Viet Cong
by Viet Cong
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Viet Cong bestography
The best album by Preoccupations is Viet Cong which is ranked number 1231 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,415.
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Viet Cong track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Viet Cong rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  goeie-oko | Top 19 Music Albums of 2015 | 16/19 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 24 Music Albums of 2015 | 4/24 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Indie Rocks! 100 mejores discos de 2015 | 94/100 | - |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 23 Music Albums of 2015 | 11/23 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 66 Music Albums of 2015 | 42/66 | 2 |
| 2026 | Lacobra | Top 24 Music Albums of 2015 | 7/24 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 302 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,415 | |||
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Viet Cong ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 06:36 | ASOARE | 2,572 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2026 10:44 | drmicksweeney | 18 | 90/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:17 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Viet Cong forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/06/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5457): By RockdrigoView latest topic →
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Viet Cong comments
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johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/07/2015 22:15 | #131010 | TOP COMMENT
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It's easy to see why Viet Cong are so suited to a genre such as post-punk considering it came with the promise of heralding a 'limitless future' - for music at the very least. Songs often stop, take unexpected de-tours, and to paraphrase the Young Marble Giants constantly change. Like Interpol with 'Turn on the Bright Lights' Viet Cong is a re-boot of a classic sound with frequent and obvious spot-the-influence moments (Gang of Four, This Heat, Wire etc etc) with some of the quirks and eccentricities that half the band shared in their previous incarnation as Women still clearly on show.
It is very much an albums album, with it's only one real concession to pop-music being the single 'Continental Shelf', all the while conjuring an oppressive Orwellian atmosphere where the buildings are healthy...even if the people aren't, it is rarely predictable even if it is a jarring, bumpy ride but it is also excellent.
Beautiful noise. This will take a few listens if post-punk isn't your thing. "Continental Shelf" is especially catchy. My favorite album of 2015 if Frank Ocean continues to be a no-show.
Pretty solid debut album. Although the album is only 7 songs, some of them are fairly long. It gets a little too noisy for my liking at times.
Stand-out tracks: Bunker Buster, Continental shelf, Silhouettes
FlorianJones 09/13/2015 02:26 | #149614 | TOP COMMENT
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This one and the new Ought release are both strong contenders for best post punk album of the year. I particularly like "March of Progress"
alexgagne 01/04/2016 18:31 | #155756 | TOP COMMENT
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This album will become a classic with time. In my opinion, Viet cong is the best post-rock album of the decade (2000s).
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