Butthole Surfers 
The best album credited to Butthole Surfers is Locust Abortion Technician which is ranked number 2,766 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 558.
Butthole Surfers is ranked number 852 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,945.
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Butthole Surfers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 08/13/2025 15:52 |  ExTeaSea | 16 | 92/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2024 20:25 |  Helios | 202 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2023 14:28 |  hoyquarlow | 250 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2020 15:27 | LosWochos | 7,603 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2020 19:46 |  paladisiac | 1,035 | 67/100 |
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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 78.5/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.6.
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ExTeaSea 08/13/2025 15:54 | #310522
Weird as hell but I love them! Misunderstood and cool as heck.
salahshoori 02/08/2020 12:49 | #247596
If only they didn't have Butthole in their name ...
Saw 'em on tour back in '94. STP opened and rocked the joint supporting Core. Two songs into a set that was DEFINTELY wired on meth, Gibby stops and chastised the crowd for "...walking out on the next Hendrix!" Loved Independent Worm Saloon. Loved Rembrandt. But I've got to admit, you've got to be in the mood.
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