Olympian
by Gene
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Olympian is ranked as the best album by Gene.
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Olympian track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Olympian rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 67 Music Albums of 1995 | 29/67 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist) | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1995 | 6/89 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest British Albums | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 101-200 | 98/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 14/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Debut Albums | 17/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 49 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 262 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 12:17 | cicadelic | 13,832 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 20:34 | luukvdschepop | 750 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2025 15:10 |  Tamthebam | 23,216 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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Forum mentions
imacgill 07/03/2024 02:16 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Repo 05/02/2022 02:58 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 04/30/2022 13:40 in What album are you listening to right now?Olympian comments
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Quite Morrissey-esque (Edited)
Closest thing to the Smiths we'll ever get. But forget about that comparison - this album stands up on its own. The title track Olympian is just beautiful and one of my favourite songs ever. Look out as well for For The Dead which is a bonus track on the US album. Some very dark Morrissey-esque lyrics there.
An underrated album, maybe among the best of the britpop era. Not much variety in here, but instead you'll find awesome songs and some impressive guitar playing. Sure, the singer is highly influenced by Morrissey; but since when is this a bad thing?
Graeme2 04/08/2018 21:20 | #212545 | TOP COMMENT
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Decent to good britpop. 5-10 points deducted as my enjoyment is tarnished by part of my brain constantly saying morrisey for the duration of play. Not an entirely original observation I'm sure. Some good songs here though.
So perfect and so underrated.
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