What's That Noise?
by Coldcut
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What's That Noise? is ranked as the best album by Coldcut.
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What's That Noise? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
What's That Noise? rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1989 | 12/28 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1989 | 92/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0001-0100* | 36/66 | - |
| 2025 |  Pastiche | Top 25 Music Albums of 1989 | 12/25 | 3 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 51 Music Albums of 1989 | 51/51 | 0 |
| 2024 |  drstuey | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 71/100 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 58 | |||
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What's That Noise? ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 23:27 | Mrump | 545 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 21:48 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2024 23:32 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 67.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.
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guzguzgarbit 02/18/2019 19:14 in Catching Up paladisiac 06/29/2018 15:42 in What album are you listening to right now?What's That Noise? comments
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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.
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.
planetneutral 02/28/2018 18:06 | #209795
Somewhat more recognizable and enjoyable than I expected.
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