Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Release Year:
1978
Rankings:
All-Time
#1718 /
1970s
#402 /
1978
#40
Genres:
Art Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Parent Genres:
Rock
Rate Your Music (Album Info and User Reviews)
Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015)
142
Rolling Stone (USA) - Steve Pond's 50 (+27) Essential Albums of the 70s (1990)
51
Spin (USA) - 100 Alternative Albums (1995)
73
OOR (Netherlands) - The Best Albums of the 20th Century (1987)
46
VPRO (The Netherlands) - 299 Nominations of the Best Album of All Time (2006)
No Order
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003)
No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
4.5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)
3.5 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade
A
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)
3 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)
4 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995)
10
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10
6
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)
3 Stars
Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997)
4 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars
4.5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10)
7
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year
15
NME (UK) - Albums of the Year
14
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year
19
