Transistor (studio album) by 311
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Transistor is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by 311 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by 311 is 311 which is ranked number 9571 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 125.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100 ![]() | 11/26/2024 05:57 | matterhornrider | ![]() | 81/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 01/12/2024 01:32 | idiotican | ![]() | 71/100 |
65/100 ![]() | 06/01/2023 11:32 | ![]() | ![]() | 71/100 |
50/100 ![]() | 05/28/2023 06:18 | ![]() | ![]() | 64/100 |
60/100 ![]() | 02/01/2023 16:48 | ![]() | ![]() | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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It’s absolute bullshit that Transistor is ranked this low. Like seriously, I didn’t even know 18,000 albums existed. I understand why some people may not see this as the bands best work, but I certainly think so. It’s basically the rap rock version of The Dark Side of the Moon, it’s absolutely funky, psychedelic, heavy, and creative throughout. For my entire life it’s remained one of my most favorite albums ever, and this album (along with the rest of 311’s discography) deserves a WAY higher ranking. 18,000th place my ass.

Lots of filler... but Beautiful Disaster is easily top 5 311 songs ever. That melody cut by the piccolo snare, and heavy guitar and bouncy bass... just genius sound. The lyrics go from awesome to juvenile pending on my mood.
As musicians, these guys are tight and have kind of a unique sound, but as songwriters, well they have some great hits and then some really terrible songs. But even the terrible songs have great music... if that makes any sense.

Beautiful Disaster is a fine song. This comes off like Rage-very-lite perhaps but then you wonder where Linkin Park got their sound?
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