How It Feels To Be Something On
by Sunny Day Real Estate
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Sunny Day Real Estate bestography
How It Feels To Be Something On is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Sunny Day Real Estate on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sunny Day Real Estate is Diary which is ranked number 1237 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,411.
(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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How It Feels To Be Something On track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
How It Feels To Be Something On 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 |  imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 13/40 | 4 |
| 2026 | imimesis | Top 25 Music Albums of 1998 | 6/25 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1998 | 43/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Magnet Best Albums 1998 | 17/20 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 90 Music Albums of 1998 | 13/90 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 98 Music Albums of 1998 | 76/98 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 72 Music Albums of 1998 | 12/72 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 90 Music Albums of 1998 | 26/90 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 74 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 274 | |||
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How It Feels To Be Something On ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/30/2026 21:33 | imimesis | 2,089 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2026 03:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,520 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/04/2026 15:00 |  Milhaud | 2,149 | 71/100 |
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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 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Forum mentions
Repo 07/10/2022 01:45 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 06/21/2022 05:58 in What album are you listening to right now?
Patman360 02/10/2022 15:05 in What album are you listening to right now?How It Feels To Be Something On comments
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teague 07/01/2020 04:45 | #254868 | TOP COMMENT
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How It Feels to Be Something On starts off strong with Pillars and Roses In Water, but starts to drop in quality with Every Shining Time You Arrive. The title track is another high point, but the record continues to struggle maintain its focus.
luigybetis 10/29/2018 19:27 | #223514 | TOP COMMENT
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This band... How can I have lived all this time without noticing them? My life is a little better now :). 9/10.
Great album! The second half is better
I don't think that this album is quite as good or emotional packed as Diary, but it's an absolute classic regardless. In terms of catchy melodies, the band hits their zenith here, probably the first album to listen to if you want to get acclimated with Sunny Day Real Estate.
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