Frosting On The Beater
by The Posies

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Frosting On The Beater by The Posies
Year: 1993
Release date: 1993-04-27
Overall rank: 5,316th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 65 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (91st)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (855th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,316th)

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Frosting On The Beater is ranked as the best album by The Posies.

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Frosting On The Beater rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,316th | 1990s rank: 855th | 1993 rank: 91st  Overall chart history
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From Mercury 02/07/2021 16:58 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
“1. Just a really fabulous album. Only one listen so can't say how it compares to Pinata. But the beats are consistently funky and lush and yet complex and kinda hard to get my head around. And Freddie has become one of my favorite rappers ever. He isn't the most technical or anything, its just that…”
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From 12/11/2015 19:42 | #154372 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album is one of my top 100 albums and it contains a classic opening salvo of three killer tracks: "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and " Flavor of the Month" (with the classic chorus: "The flavor of the month is busy melting in my mouth, getting easier to swallow but harder to spit out").
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From 01/09/2017 17:52 | #182102 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I saw them in Madrid in 1993 (with Teenage Fanclub) presenting this album. FOTB contains some of the best pop gems of the last 30 years
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From 01/31/2021 18:53 | #265441 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Perfect balance between the poppy bliss of Solar Sister or Love letter boxes and the more somber tracks such as Burn & Shine and How she lied by living. Definitely, a marvelous record.
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75/100
From 03/18/2018 16:06 | #211191 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album gets a 78 on my rankings with the first three songs all scoring between 85 and 89. Definate door is also a very solid song. My favorite Poises album.
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From 05/29/2017 11:37 | #191634 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Perfect grunge sound: heavy but light(like the beating of egg whites on the cover). And nice pop songs.
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