On Avery Island
by Neutral Milk Hotel
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Neutral Milk Hotel bestography
On Avery Island is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Neutral Milk Hotel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Neutral Milk Hotel is In The Aeroplane Over The Sea which is ranked number 18 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,678.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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On Avery Island track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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On Avery Island 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 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | tyleraepps | Top 24 Music Albums of the 1990s | 10/24 | 13 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 54 Music Albums of 1996 | 52/54 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1996 Pt 2 | 55/71 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 69 Music Albums of 1996 | 45/69 | 2 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 32 Music Albums of 1996 | 3/32 | 5 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 25 Music Albums of 1996 | 12/25 | 3 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '95 to '04 | 93/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1996 | 82/90 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 331 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,792 | |||
On Avery Island collection
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On Avery Island ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 22:07 | pharoahstune | 255 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2026 02:07 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 22:11 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
On Avery Island favourites
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On Avery Island forum mentions
neilgee 10/06/2026 14:39 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 07/16/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5375): By ElauqsapidView latest topic →
BestEverAlbums 02/14/2025 21:00 in Album of the day (#5171): On Avery IslandView latest topic →
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On Avery Island comments
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meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/05/2014 14:39 | #110883 | TOP COMMENT
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The walkman ate up the cassette of your acoustic performance at open mic and now the old recording of your high school marching band that you taped over is leaking through.
Great album, but if you think this is remotely on Aeroplane's level, you're nucking futs.
CellarDoor TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/28/2010 00:17 | #16663 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm insanely in love with this album at the moment. Like a walk in the park - Like a hole in your head - Like the feeling you get when you realize you're dead...
I'm sad about that people really don't find this is good album, for me this is better then IAOTS. this album tells me about madly sad stories. this one is top 2 LONELY ALBUM with Amnesiac of Radiohead. Especially last 3 tracks are truly masterpieces. most people hates Pree-Sister's... but I love it too.
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/07/2011 02:08 | #29929 | TOP COMMENT
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A lot to love on this warmup for ITAOTS. Jeff Mangum strains his voice some times which adds to the charm but is a reason for people to question his high rating. But me I don't care.
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