American Gothic
by David Ackles
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American Gothic is ranked as the best album by David Ackles.
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American Gothic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 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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| ! | 01/03/2026 06:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,336 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 19:43 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:29 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2025 10:46 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2024 00:31 | javicho07 | 3,084 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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EyeKanFly 12/27/2022 14:46 | #292253 | TOP COMMENT
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Interesting you say that @planetneutral. I thought something similar, but more that the singing was somewhere between Neil Diamond and Scott Walker, and the songwriting (musics & lyrics) somewhere between Scott Walker and Tom Waits (edit: with a hint of Aaron Copland thrown in; and now that I say that, I definitely see the Billy Joel comparison particularly in regards to "The Ballad of Billy the Kid"). I'm not a fan of Diamond and wouldn't consider myself much of a fan of Waits either, but I do like Scott Walker, and David Ackles reminds me enough of Walker that I enjoyed this album.
hated it from the 1st note sentimental slop
planetneutral 02/11/2018 22:51 | #207757 | TOP COMMENT
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At one point, I thought, "This is what would happen if Neil Diamond tried to sing Billy Joel songs." But it got even more maudlin from there.
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