Up To Anything
by The Goon Sax
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Up To Anything is ranked as the best album by The Goon Sax.
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Up To Anything track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Up To Anything rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 58 Music Albums of 2016 | 39/58 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 101-200 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 70 Music Albums of 2016 | 15/70 | 4 |
| 2025 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | dihansse | My Overall Top 1000: 901-1000 | 78/100 | - |
| 2024 | dihansse | My Overall Top 1000: 801-900 | 45/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 91 | |||
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Up To Anything ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/22/2024 02:30 | imacgill | 2,861 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2023 21:23 | replacementlevel | 7,806 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2021 02:05 | Moondance | 20,826 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
Up To Anything forum mentions
imacgill 08/23/2024 23:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) imacgill 05/01/2023 23:03 in What album are you listening to right now?Up To Anything comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/16/2020 23:48 | #247868
Wonderful debut from Brisbane’s Goon Sax recorded whilst the 3 were still at High School and simply babies, Louis Forster ( yes THAT Forster son on legendary Go-Betweens co-founder Robert Forster) was 17 , bassist and co-vocalist James Harrison had only just turned 18 and drummer Rilley Jones 17 and all 3 still lived at home. Awww
Essentially a break up album the lyrics on this album reflect the bands tender years with “sweaty palms” , “boyfriends” and “boredom” front and centre. Musically it’s very Go-Betweens esque having that 3 piece stripped back indy rock sound with barely a cymbal in sight
When the classic Go-Betweens lineup disbanded in 1989 it was literally one of the saddest days of my life but I can see a bright future for these guys . My new favourite band
The King is dead
Long live the King
Love "Sweaty Hands"!
Favorite tracks: Sometimes Accidentally, Boyfriend, Sweaty Hands, Susan, Icecream (On My Own)
B+
Potential here. Sometimes Accidently is a nice tune
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