Galaxie 500 
The best album credited to Galaxie 500 is On Fire which is ranked number 415 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 4,065.
Galaxie 500 is ranked number 371 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 5,378.
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- Dean Wareham
- See also:
- Dean Wareham / Cheval Sombre
- Cagney And Lacee
- Luna (US)
- Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham
- Dean & Britta
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Galaxie 500 best albums
The following albums by Galaxie 500 are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Galaxie 500 best tracks
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Galaxie 500 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 11/19/2024 09:36 | 2,654 | 74/100 | |
| ! | 11/13/2023 19:39 | 867 | 73/100 | |
| ! | 10/12/2023 05:25 | MaxStorm98 | 542 | 92/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2023 17:08 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2022 21:33 | MoonageDaydream | 393 | 85/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 5% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.2.
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Just shove an album in the car and drive
So good and should've been so big
A criminally overlooked band. At first listen the vocals may seem off-putting, but it doesn't take long before you realise how they add to the whole galaxie 500 ambiance.
For me, they are the essential shoegaze band.
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