Teachers in Space cover

Released 40 years ago

Teachers in Space

The Feederz · 1986

33 min · 13 tracks · punk rock

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

65 /100
Treeline
Higher than 39% of albums we've rated

Its brisk, abrasive punk and staged comic interruptions give the record a particular shape, though the short-song format limits how far its material develops.

What we noticed

  • A brief Intro and Outro bookend the songs, while “Intermission (Time for a Snack!)” breaks the run in the middle with a deliberately comic pause.
  • The sequence moves through compact punk songs rather than building toward a long finale; “Cancer Ward” comes immediately before the closing Outro.
Composition 25% of the score
6/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
6/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
6/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
7/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
7/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 4/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Intro 1:43
  • 2 Psychward 3:33
  • 3 Lobster Quadrille 2:40
  • 4 New Crime 2:20
  • 5 Fire 2:18
  • 6 Crawl Space 2:33
  • 7 Intermission (Time for a Snack!) 1:05
  • 8 Taking the Night 3:21
  • 9 50 Years 3:39
  • 10 You're So Stupid 1:23
  • 11 Lost Patrol 3:39
  • 12 Cancer Ward 3:19
  • 13 Outro 1:30

Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata