Bonsai Superstar (studio album) by Brainiac

Bonsai Superstar by Brainiac
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 8,573rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 27 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1994 (165th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,430th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,573rd)
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Bonsai Superstar track list

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77/100 (from 27 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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Stubbornly dissonant from start to finish, yet incredibly engrossing all the same. It's easy to get swept up in the chaos of it all. Singer Tim Taylor struggles to stay afloat in a sea of curdled guitars, queasy synths and god knows what. The band are clearly having a blast and their barely contained glee is the magic ingredient that prevent Bonsai Superstar from disintegrating into a hot mess. Although they share a love of the dissonant (and the absurd) with bands like Primus and Stump, Brainiac are pretty much in a league of their own here. I can't think of a single album this joyfully and defiantly off-kilter.
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