The First Tindersticks Album (studio album) by Tindersticks

The First Tindersticks Album by Tindersticks
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 1,641st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 187 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1993 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (306th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,641st)

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The First Tindersticks Album is ranked as the best album by Tindersticks.

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The First Tindersticks Album track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rating: 82 (34 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 77 (4 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 80 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 76 (25 votes)Comments: 0
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Rating: 78 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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The First Tindersticks Album rankings

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Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:

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Year 2025Source martinthoChart Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990sRank 61/100Rank Score 8
Year 2025Source pjerskeChart Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990sRank 65/100Rank Score 7
Year 2025Source paladisiacChart Top 100 Music Albums of 1993Rank 78/100Rank Score 1
Year 2025Source cicadelicChart Top 100 Music Albums of 1993Rank 36/100Rank Score 3
Year 2025Source LittleM1971Chart Top 87 Music Albums of 1993Rank 27/87Rank Score 4
Year 2025Source Cheboygan74Chart Top 30 Music Albums of 1993Rank 13/30Rank Score 3
Year 2025Source swedChart Top 45 Music Albums of the 1990sRank 36/45Rank Score 4
Year 2025Source HaydenChart Top 50 Music Albums of 1993Rank 10/50Rank Score 4
Year 2025Source RepoChart Top 100 Music Albums of 1993Rank 40/100Rank Score 3
Year 2025Source Patman360Chart Top 95 Music Albums of 1993Rank 81/95Rank Score 1
Year 2025Source Cheboygan74Chart Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990sRank 84/100Rank Score 3
Year 2025Source HaydenChart Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990sRank 82/100Rank Score 4
Year 2025Source MaxStorm98Chart Top 59 Music Albums of 1993Rank 28/59Rank Score 3
Year 2025Source paladisiacChart top 60r albums (59), #0001-0100*Rank 3/65Rank Score -
Year 2025Source imacgillChart Top 100 Music Albums of 1993Rank 51/100Rank Score 3
Year 2025Source Norman BatesChart Top 100 Music Albums of 1993Rank 10/100Rank Score 5
Year 2025Source dihansseChart Top 69 Music Albums of 1993Rank 14/69Rank Score 4
Year 2025Source paladisiacChart 1990s 60rating (59), #0001-0100*Rank 3/57Rank Score -
Year 2025Source TamthebamChart Top 90 Music Albums of 1993Rank 46/90Rank Score 3
Year 2025Source AAL2014Chart Top 34 Music Albums of 1993Rank 13/34Rank Score 3
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 175
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 1,049

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79/100 (from 187 votes)
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Date updated 06/13/2024 22:08Member ProtoAlbum ratings   Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,866Avg. album rating 36/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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65/100
From 09/03/2018 06:41
A babyrecord of their career. Immature and searching. Later they removed the wanna-be-Joy Division kind of band. They also used less words! scaling down and found the balance. And later they totally went full on orchestrating, drama and pretentions. They went to much for many people, but for me they went their own way, slow and thoughtfully.

If you care for Tindersticks it's a lot to find in their later albums. Their absolute peak was Curtains. A top-10 album for me.
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From 03/10/2016 02:02
The national back in the nineties
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90/100
From 09/28/2014 13:25
Although a little too long, the album is rather pleasing to listen to because of variation between tracks. The middle part is relatively weak but it starts strong and ends with a good conclusion. Several tracks are one of a kind and are either well sung or well instrumented, though sometimes singing can be really off. But definitely this is chamber pop with artistry.
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From 03/31/2014 14:15
A great discovery! Their similarity to "The National" has already been stated. I like "The National"...
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From 03/03/2014 18:09
A beautiful album that consistently tugs at the heart strings.
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From 12/30/2013 21:15
I discovered this album at the same time as Cure for Pain from Morphine and Worst Case Scenario from dEUS. These records became my soundtrack of that summer.
Stuart Staples has an amazing voice, and on their debut they manage to create a perfect melancholic record. The album lasts 77 minutes, as the band thought that they may never make a second album, so they put all songs they had on it. Still this album never bores, not even after listen hundreds of times.
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From 09/22/2010 03:01
OK. So this album is actually far better than my previous comment would suggest.
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From 09/22/2010 00:17
The album makes an enjoyable listen. Slightly overlong though, like too much of a delicious, but very sweet dessert. My favorites are actually "Whiskey and Water" and "Paco de Renaldo's Dream". And yes, there's a beautiful baritone voice, hence reminding cartoken of The National.
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From 09/21/2010 23:19
Interesting. I remember hearing this album years ago, and didn't make much of an impression then. Maybe it would now.
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From 09/21/2010 22:05
except one or two songs, the overall is very good. Tha National's fans will love this album !
favorite tracks : Tyed, Marbles and Jism
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