Desire Lines (studio album)
by Camera Obscura (UK)
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Desire Lines is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Camera Obscura (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Camera Obscura (UK) is Let's Get Out Of This Country which is ranked number 1765 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 954.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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85/100  | 07/01/2025 16:07 | Toroldo | | 84/100 |
80/100 | 01/15/2025 00:38 | PapaShiz86 | | 79/100 |
90/100 | 12/21/2024 16:53 | inthishole | | 78/100 |
80/100 | 06/26/2024 13:12 | stangetzaway | | 85/100 |
70/100 | 06/25/2024 08:06 | LosWochos | | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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This album feels like a departure in some ways from their previous efforts and ventures more into straight-laced pop, but I think it works. Tracyanne’s voice sounds so confident and strong.
All the tracks are quite strong, and some are especially memorable. I think my favorite is “I Missed Your Party”, though it’s up there with “Cri Du Couer” and “Break It To You Gently”.
Another strong album from this band. Not so adventurous but their songwriting and charm is still intact. A good choice for fans of sweet and quirky indie pop.
paladisiac 12/20/2013 17:36
More light-hearted, breezy songs from what i've dubbed the "poor-man's belle & sebastian". Camera Obscure remain highly consistent with their music, and if you've liked their recent history, then you'll eat this up. This album is pleasant, harmless and family-friendly -- take that as positives or negatives as you choose. For me, i always enjoy a good camera obscura tune when it comes through on all-library shuffle, and there are plenty of good songs on this one.
SingingPeasant96 11/09/2013 03:58
I think I finally found my favourite album of the year, of course I honestly listened few of this year. but it means this is that much good.
RockyRaccoon 07/09/2013 20:17
Certainly listening to music that pushes the envelope, that changes things up, is awesome, it can be incredibly interesting. However, sometimes it’s really nice listening to music that is nothing particularly genre-breaking, but just enjoyable to listen to. That’s what Camera Obscura has here. “Desire Lines" is not going to blow you away or anything, but it’s enjoyable to listen to, it’s pleasant. Tracyanne Campbell’s voice is very nice, very similar to Zooey Deschanel’s voice, and when it’s being sung over the instrumental indie pop make up of this band, it sounds great. One of the coolest things, I think, is the featuring of the guitar on this album. Often times in this genre of music, the guitar goes by the wayside, but I can’t get enough of Kenny McKeeve’s sweet reverbed guitar, it sounds great. Overall, this is an enjoyable album, nothing groundbreaking, but still a good album.
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