Exploding Head
by A Place To Bury Strangers
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Exploding Head is ranked as the best album by A Place To Bury Strangers.
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Exploding Head track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Exploding Head rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Surfing On Steam Top 25 Albums of 2009 | 6/25 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 87 Music Albums of 2009 | 11/87 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 35 Music Albums of 2009 | 35/35 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 82 Music Albums of 2009 | 12/82 | 4 |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 2009 | 41/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 53 Music Albums of 2009 | 32/53 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 66/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 55 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 147 | |||
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Exploding Head ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/18/2026 14:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,667 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2025 09:09 |  Dingerbell | 4,189 | 63/100 |
| ! | 10/09/2025 07:27 | TonySayers61 | 26,083 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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Exploding Head forum mentions
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Exploding Head comments
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Warning: This album is really fucking loud, That being said, this is like the dark side of Loveless. It's a fantastic album worth listening too. It may lack the soundscapes that Loveless has to offer, but what it doesn't have it makes up for in just pure sound and catchy melodies.
ProfessorSquid 04/13/2013 20:09 | #72862 | TOP COMMENT
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Yeah this is pretty good. Tonagamu's description: "the dark side of Loveless" is pretty accurate. I had this laying around and I hadn't listened to it and I'm glad I did.
very very underrated, if you like noise buy this record
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/30/2017 21:35 | #200316
nooooiiiiiiise
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