First Band On The Moon
by The Cardigans
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First Band On The Moon is ranked as the best album by The Cardigans.
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First Band On The Moon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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First Band On The Moon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | AbsurdCheesecake | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1990s | 47/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 45 Music Albums of 1996 | 28/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1996 | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 20/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | VanillaBean | Top 18 Music Albums of 1996 | 11/18 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 35/94 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1996 by Radio X | 20/25 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 58 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/58 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 121 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 513 | |||
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First Band On The Moon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 06:58 | cicadelic | 13,839 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2026 13:55 | Dovahkin | 44 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 10:40 | RemainInLight | 3,758 | 35/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5424): By fabm0
Rhyner 09/10/2024 17:40 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Jboy56 03/15/2022 14:57 in What album are you listening to right now?First Band On The Moon comments
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Jboy56 03/15/2022 15:55 | #282857 | TOP COMMENT
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Ready to wear cutie pop. One hit single, otherwise quite meh..
The Cardigans’ take on ironic bubble gum pop hits very high highs and very low lows. Lovefool is an all time classic (for very good reason) and Choke is a phenomenal album ender, while Losers and Heartbreaker drag in the mud a little. Still very good
teague 09/15/2020 02:55 | #258236 | TOP COMMENT
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First time hearing anything by this band other than Lovefool and I am immediately a fan. These songs are soo good, and that Iron Man cover has no business working that well.
planetneutral 01/21/2018 20:04 | #206225 | TOP COMMENT
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It was somewhat more interesting that I expected, but only somewhat.
Eastwood 02/09/2015 21:10 | #134487 | TOP COMMENT
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Good pop rock/alternative rock album. Best 10 songs average is 83,0/100 and the album can get good 85/100. Best song is "Lovefool" 90/100, followed by "Been it" and "Step on me" both 85/100. All other songs in the region of 75-80/100.
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