The Blue Hysteria (studio album) by Rheostatics
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The Blue Hysteria 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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The Blue Hysteria rankings
All 3 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2015 | Voxpoptart | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 15/40 | - |
| 2015 |  OKC1 | Top 80 Music Albums of 1996 | 76/80 | 0 |
| 1996 | Eye Weekly | Canadian Critics Poll 1996 | 19/30 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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60/100  | 05/25/2025 06:52 |  zags7000 | | 64/100 |
85/100 | 02/20/2021 19:33 | markc19 | | 87/100 |
70/100 | 09/23/2018 16:47 | Imaybeparanoid | | 71/100 |
70/100 | 07/18/2017 23:55 |  junodog4 | | 70/100 |
70/100 | 01/06/2016 15:42 | WillyMac | | 82/100 |
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From junodog4 07/18/2017 23:59
junodog4 07/18/2017 23:59
It really was a 'bad time to be poor' during Mike Harris' Ontario.
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95/100
From KGB 06/03/2015 12:40
Look, the Rheostatics are never going to gain their rightful place on these charts. You have to listen to their works a few times before they start to stay in your head, and that prevents them from mass appeal, but once you start to unlock their genius you'll swear by them forever.
Among fans of the band, The Blue Hysteria isn't often cited as a favorite. Not that it's disparaged but it doesn't seem to have the same hold on people that Melville or Whale Music do. But for me this is their peak. There's so much to appreciate here that I have no idea where to begin in my praise. Can I just say that I'm not a fan of the left-wing politics in the lyrics to "Bad Time to Be Poor"? But the song itself is an eminently catchy grunge rocker in the vein of Neil Young. Besides that, I don't know if I can find anything else to complain about. From the trippy "Fat" to the achingly sweet "An Offer" to the epic "A Midwinter Night's Dream", the songs flow perfectly and reward the listener at each stop.
"How did Kamensky miss that??"
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