Summer In Abaddon
by Pinback
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Summer In Abaddon is ranked as the best album by Pinback.
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Summer In Abaddon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Summer In Abaddon rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 68/100 | 33 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 80 Music Albums of 2004 | 35/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | SomethingSpecial | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | notsquib | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 38/100 | 60 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 99 Music Albums of 2004 | 46/99 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 54 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 384 | |||
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Summer In Abaddon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 05:15 | Proto | 4,318 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 11:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,120 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 16:41 | Leschoses | 127 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Summer In Abaddon forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5391): By SomethingSpecial SomethingSpecial 07/16/2025 16:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Summer In Abaddon comments
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pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/23/2013 11:14 | #69601 | TOP COMMENT
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A great indie rock album, not quite sure whey these guys have never garnered much attention. "Fortress" especially is an absolute gem of a song. (Edited)
SomethingSpecial 05/29/2025 15:29 | #309168 | TOP COMMENT
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Even more criminally underrated than Silversun Pickups' glorious debut, I am perplexed by the fact that this band didn't receive the notoriety of their contemporaries like Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie, who they are often compared to.
Having already made two albums (their first is also fantastic), Pinback's third LP, Summer In Abaddon, sees the band create something I'd call an incredible achievement in rock music, and easily comparable to triumphant efforts from similar rock bands like Modest Mouse and Built to Spill.
It still astounds me how far I had to venture out of BEA's top 1000 to discover this hidden masterpiece, but I'm so glad I found it. (Edited)
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