The Residents 
The best album credited to The Residents is Not Available which is ranked number 1,893 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 898.
The Residents is ranked number 463 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 4,050.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 03/19/2026 13:42 | platus | 2,163 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2024 15:47 |  hoyquarlow | 260 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2024 22:36 |  Helios | 203 | 65/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 82.1/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 18.2.
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BestEverAlbums 07/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5377): By LiedzeitThe Residents comments
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i feel despondently unqualified to be the first to comment on this band. but no one else has done it. i haven't heard even one tenth of their amazing output, and i daresay 98 out of 100 people have never heard of them much less taken the plunge and listened. but know this: take experimental avante garde electronica mixed with devil worship and wrap it in rock's most notorious case of mass anonymity, and you've got the residents. nobody knows their names, or what their faces look like. four eyeballs in tophats. top that. (Edited)
Norman Bates 08/14/2010 17:29 | #14309
Pop music lacks this sort of adventurers. Stimulating, and very funny, which is elegant.
Phychotherapy music from shy old-loonies to bloody "Buy or Die" freaks. We all weirdos love this stuff.
Being scared shtless has never been so funny
Treat carefully, ALL their releases are addictive, if you dont like it or get it at first, turn it off, and try it again when you are in a compeltely different mood, works for me each time !
