Like Flies On Sherbert
by Alex Chilton
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Alex Chilton bestography
Like Flies On Sherbert is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Alex Chilton on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Alex Chilton is High Priest which is ranked number 21490 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 48.
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Like Flies On Sherbert track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2026 01:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,150 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 02:31 | Olli | 7,528 | 62/100 |
| ! | 10/27/2024 17:39 | Jantje | 678 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2024 13:49 | TonySayers61 | 25,070 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2023 17:41 | JamesMowbray | 5,570 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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Criticize this all you want, but it's ranked above "Gypsy Blood" from Doll by Doll, so that is quite an acomplishment all by itself.
Brad1770 08/07/2018 07:05 | #219354
This is one of the most polarising records in modern music
For example AllMusic describe the album as "universally slipshod and boorish...sloppy and lackluster" and the album was "a front-runner for the worst album ever made"
However, Rolling Stone's Ken Tucker described the album as "a small masterpiece of crudity and split-second invention", adding that "Chilton achieves his most startling, moving effects at precisely those moments when he seems least in control"
Look on the web and you'll see it's fairly typical of the reviews
What do I think ? I'm some where in the middle , yes its a rough very loose affair BUT there's a messy drugged out energy that is uniquely enduring & the artist himself loves this album and believes it was the one that best suited his life at that moment in time , and this weighs heavily in its favour
Have a listen yourself , at least 3 listens , and make up your own mind
55 Loose Recordings Out Of 100
bonafini 11/30/2014 18:10 | #128358
I can't find the lyrics for some these songs anywhere on the internet and it gets really impossible to guess by listening to it... If anyone should find it I would be very thankful.
lancashirearab 05/04/2012 06:00 | #41476
Even the wrong bits are better than most others achieve.
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