Mental Jewelry
by Live
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Live bestography
Mental Jewelry is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Live on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Live is Throwing Copper which is ranked number 691 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,494.
(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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Mental Jewelry track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mental Jewelry rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 66 Music Albums of 1991 | 30/66 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 72 Music Albums of 1991 | 11/72 | 4 |
| 2026 |  identifer | Top 15 Music Albums of 1991 | 5/15 | 4 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Mauce | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 51/100 | 48 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1991 | 90/99 | 1 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 1991 | 5/20 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 138 | |||
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Mental Jewelry ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 20:49 | cicadelic | 14,312 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2026 14:59 | covecove | 6,747 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2025 13:35 |  Milhaud | 2,167 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Mental Jewelry forum mentions
Romanelli 11/26/2024 17:51 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayMental Jewelry comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/04/2012 19:19 | #34440 | TOP COMMENT
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Their philosophical musings on nature, history and religion took cohesive hold on "mental jewelry". It may seem over-the-top to some, but i enjoy the impassioned intensity of a band finding its voice. (And Ed sure has a distinct voice.)
Earnest musings on big topics before the angst of grunge took hold of their sound. They sound more U2 than Pearl Jam on this release. It still takes me back to the college dorm singing along with my friends over and over.
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/06/2012 20:10 | #41662 | TOP COMMENT
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Live's first album. They already have their trademark big sound and big lyrical themes in place. A good debut but they would get better.
sageamagoo TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2013 11:25 | #74243 | TOP COMMENT
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A really nice album, but very different from Throwing Copper. I especially like Pain Lies On The Riverside and The Beauty of Gray.
Live's debut adds eastern spiritual influences and grandscope nature corniness to the grunge/alternative sound to make Mental Jewelry, a somewhat unique approach to the 90's sound at the time
Ed's voices is unique and full of range that makes this band stand out from their peers.
Without him and is unique and annoying lyrics, Live wouldn't be much different from other bands of the time. This is an average affair with tracks 1 and 3 being highlights
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