Throwing MusesBest Throwing Muses Albums Ranked
7.9
Avg Score
7
Opinions
7
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 7 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Throwing Muses’s catalog across 7 albums from 7 opinions, with an overall average of 7.9/10. The top-rated Throwing Muses album is Throwing Muses (2003) with a 8.8/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Sun Racket and Purgatory Paradise. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2003 to 2025.
Throwing Muses
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the essential 1986 debut from the vibrant and visceral Rhode Island indie rock band, the first American group signed to 4AD.”
Moonlight Concessions
“Few bands have seesawed between melody and noise with as much emotional complexity as Throwing Muses, but for the alt-rock trio’s 11th studio album in almost 40 years they upend everything. The guitars are mostly acoustic, the drums are shelved in favour of minimal percussion, and the lead instrument is often Pete Harvey’s cello, its brooding, portent-heavy sigh the perfect accompaniment for singe”
Purgatory Paradise
“Purgatory/Paradise, Throwing Muses’ first album in 10 years, is an ambitious collection that was also devised as a book with essays by Kristin Hersh and art by drummer Dave Narcizo. Half of the 31 tracks barely make it over two minutes: some are reprises, sometimes the reprises come first, and some tracks are lopped-off bridges or choruses.”