Avoid Freud
by Rough Trade
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Avoid Freud is ranked as the best album by Rough Trade.
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Avoid Freud track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (9 out of 10 tracks have been rated).
Avoid Freud rankings
Avoid Freud rankings summary
Overall rank: 78,366th | 1980s rank: 8,487th | 1980 rank: 782nd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Best Stiff Records Albums | 20/57 | - |
| 2018 | OstrichGoat | Top 5 Music Albums of 1980 | 1/5 | 5 |
| 2018 | OstrichGoat | 50 of My AOTYs | 38/50 | - |
| 2015 |  jhuik | Greater Toronto! Best Toronto-based Albums Ever | 76/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/02/2024 02:42 | dhbarrett | 8,765 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2020 19:21 |  PinkZeppelin | 319 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2018 11:08 | bobbyb5 | 2,776 | 82/100 |
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Mercury 05/13/2017 21:51 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!
Mercury 05/13/2017 21:51 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!“Okay, Today is the 37th anniversary of Rough Trade's debut album Avoid Freud I am listening now, and ... I find it silly, sophomoric and corny. The "controversial" lyrics are more often than not just overstated, risque for its own sake type things. And the music, while being quite energetic, is…”
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