American Don
by Don Caballero

American Don by Don Caballero
Year: 2000
Release date: 2000-10-03
Overall rank: 5,309th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 49 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (92nd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (915th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,309th)

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Don Caballero bestography

American Don is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Don Caballero on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Don Caballero is Don Caballero 2 which is ranked number 5145 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 272.

Don Caballero album bestography « Higher ranked (5,145th)
Don Caballero 2
This album (5,309th)
American Don
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American Don

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American Don rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,309th | 2000s rank: 915th | 2000 rank: 92nd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 49 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.


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“February 5th, 2016 As a musician, I've always loved math rock, and this is one of the better math rock albums I've heard. No instrument serves as just the background, nothing is simple. There's a balance between foundation and focus, with each instrument taking a turn at being the other. The album…”
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From pa 09/22/2014 07:50 in ULL: Gowienczyk
“...American Don is one of those special records that when you listen to it you can hear the evolution of Don Caballero as musicians in the year it was released as well as have an inkling of what this record could have influenced. I'm planning to listen to this album, I think that I'm gonna love it!…”
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60/100
I find this alum really bland and repetitive. I liked Don Cab 2, it seemed really innovative and dynamic, but this seems like lots of the same thing repeated with little variation for 5 or so minutes at a time. Also, the whole happy vibe doesnt really fit well with the genre, at least to me
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It's like Taking Back Sunday became a jazz band. The sound is good overall and something which can be put on without thinking. Hard to get to the end of some songs. Leaves an alright taste in the mouth.
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90/100
Very interesing instrumental tracks, where the drummer takes center stage and plays long solos while the rest of the band creates an hypnotic backing. Delicious.
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