What's That Noise?
by Coldcut

What's That Noise? by Coldcut
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 19,840th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 19 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (273rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (2,567th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,840th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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What's That Noise? rankings summary
Overall rank: 19,840th | 1980s rank: 2,567th | 1989 rank: 273rd  Overall chart history
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What's That Noise? ratings

Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 19 votes)
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01/19/2026 21:48 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,52570/100
 
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10/06/2024 23:32 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,84865/100
 
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09/18/2024 18:22 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  25,38264/100
 
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03/12/2023 13:39 MW19704U  Ratings distribution  6,98859/100
 
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12/10/2022 07:27 plasmicmist  Ratings distribution  1,98876/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 67.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.


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From 02/22/2022 09:36 | #281723
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From 03/19/2021 09:23 | #267507
Features the first song ever released fully containing samples "Not paid enough". Other stand out tracks are "Beats and Pieces" and "People Hold on". Don't know why their top 10 hit and best track "Doctorin the House" was not included in the U.S. release of this album. Would have been an 80.
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From 02/28/2018 18:06 | #209795
Somewhat more recognizable and enjoyable than I expected.
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From 08/30/2011 20:03 | #26844
Very upbeat album which reminds me of Since You've Been Gone. Frontier Psychiatrist vibe in some of the songs such as Which Doctor? and Stop This Crazy Thing. I should get a copy of this again soon. Simple and I really enjoyed it.
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