David GrubbsBest David Grubbs Albums Ranked
6.7
Avg Score
6
Opinions
6
Albums
2
Reviewers
Summary from 6 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated David Grubbs's catalog across 6 albums from 6 opinions, with an overall average of 6.7/10. The top-rated David Grubbs album is The Spectrum Between (2000) with a 7.9/10 average from 1 rating, followed by A Guess At the Riddle and Whistle from Above. The discography on Wavelength spans 2000 to 2025.
The Spectrum Between
“I've always been a firm believer in the value of early education. Not because it teaches children state capitals or multiplication tables, but because of the one truly invaluable piece of information you can attain from it: life is unfair. Adults can be completely indifferent or downright evil. Your worth as a human being can be judged entirely on spelling bees and long division, and your intellig”
A Guess At the Riddle
“Ex-Gastr del Sol member eases further into the deep-end of his pristine poppiness, again working with The Ice Storm author Rick Moody, as well as Matmos, Mice Parade's Adam Pierce, Calexico collaborator Thomas Belhom, Bar/None vocalist Hannah Marcus, and others.”
The Plain Where the Palace Stood
“David Grubbs' latest album sees the Gastr Del Sol founder joined by C. Spencer Yeh on violin, drummer/composer Andrea Belfi, and guitarist Stefano Pilia, who are given generous room to operate within Grubbs' open-ended, elliptical playing style.”
Rickets & Scurvy
“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to another episode of "When Folk Meets Academia"! In tonight's installment, Professor Grubbs will attempt to stretch the formula that carried 2000's worthwhile *The Spectrum Between* one step further, by adding glitchy electronics to his trademark flashy acoustic guitar stylings and alternately whimsical and impenetrable lyrics. For *Rickets & Scurvy*, Grubbs has en”
An Optimist Notes the Dusk
“David Grubbs, former member of Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol, pokes his head out of his cave of academia, squints at the sun, and releases his first solo album in four years.”
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