Against Perfection
by Adorable
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Condition: Very Good
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Condition: Very Good
Adorable bestography
Against Perfection is ranked as the best album by Adorable.
(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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Against Perfection track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Against Perfection ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2025 13:47 |  CaptainPain | 3,283 | 61/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2024 15:30 |  Tamthebam | 22,884 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2024 15:44 | matterhornrider | 4,833 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2024 20:28 | Robmc70 | 1,484 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2024 21:14 | TastyandTemptin | 2,920 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
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Brad1770 02/05/2021 04:56 | #265799
If this album had come out in say 1989 it and they would have been huge, however by 1993 shoegaze had already passed for the guilt edged power of The Smashing Pumpkins (‘Siamese Dream’) and of course some band called Nirvana (‘In Utero’) and I must confess I’d made the transition myself
Adorables ‘Against Perfection’ is pure lightning in a bottle that’s not as good as the fans claim and not as bad as the critics write
dihansse 01/19/2019 17:48 | #229996
This album surpasses shoegaze: it's just one of the best albums of the nineties and the opening trio is amazing although all three the tracks are very different. The positive vibes of this album are just hitting you like a hailstorm.
Graeme2 12/27/2013 17:46 | #98902
Amazing. Probably came just tad late for shoegaze scene and weremore tham that anyways. Should of been huge.
Secondsoul 12/24/2012 17:36 | #58800
Classic shoegaze album. "A To Fade In" is an incredible track and one of my alltime favourites.
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