Half JapaneseBest Half Japanese Albums Ranked
7.1
Avg Score
7
Opinions
11
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 7 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Half Japanese’s catalog across 11 albums from 7 opinions, with an overall average of 7.1/10. The top-rated Half Japanese album is Music to Strip By (1986) with a 8.4/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Overjoyed and Perfect. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1986 to 2025.
Half Gentlemen Not Beasts
“Fire Records' 4xLP reissue of Half Japanese's ½ Gentlemen / Not Beasts demonstrates how the Fair brothers' caveman racket anticipated the work of acts such as Daniel Johnston and Beat Happening; it's a brilliant mix of loud punk blasts, shapeless rants, heartfelt confessions, and minimal experiments.”
Music to Strip By
“It might sound silly to call any shambling rock band a "machine," especially one that practically invented shambling. But in the late 1980s, Half Japanese were a song machine. Fire's new reissue of Music to Strip By, Charmed Life, and The Band That Would Be King provides a look at songwriter Jad Fair's heightening craft.”
Hear the Lions Roar
“After fourteen years of relative silence, Half Japanese are back to their usual prolific selves. At their highest heights, the oddball punk band were pumping out short, sharp blasts of shambolic rock music at an unstoppable rate, searing ear drums and influencing countless other artists in the process. ‘Overjoyed’, their 2014 return, signalled a new cleaner phase; the noise may have dissipated, bu”