Monsters Of Folk (studio album) by Monsters Of Folk

Monsters Of Folk by Monsters Of Folk
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-09-17
Overall rank: 7,924th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 52 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2009 (138th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,416th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,924th)
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  • Monsters of Folk - Ahead of the CurveMonsters of Folk - Ahead of the Curve
  • Monsters of Folk - His Master's VoiceMonsters of Folk - His Master's Voice
  • Monsters of Folk - "Dear God"Monsters of Folk - "Dear God"

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Year 2024Source JohnnyoChart Top 74 Music Albums of 2009Rank 44/74Rank Score 2
Year 2024Source EyeKanFlyChart AM Bubbling Under 2000s 01Rank 95/100Rank Score -
Year 2024Source cicadelicChart Delusions Of Adequacy Best Albums Of 2009Rank 29/50Rank Score -
Year 2024Source PatrickDChart Top 100 Music Albums of 2009Rank 92/100Rank Score 0
Year 2024Source imacgillChart Top 100 Music Albums of 2009Rank 78/100Rank Score 1
Year 2024Source westonChart Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000sRank 80/100Rank Score 4
Year 2024Source MoondanceChart Top 100 Music Albums of 2009Rank 52/100Rank Score 2
Year 2024Source JohnnyoChart Rough TradeRank 16/33Rank Score -
Year 2024Source RhynerChart Top 100 Greatest Music AlbumsRank 61/100Rank Score 40
Year 2024Source cicadelicChart Culturedeluxe Albums Of The Year 2009Rank 29/100Rank Score -
Year 2024Source bertdepoortereChart Top 28 Music Albums of 2009Rank 11/28Rank Score 3
Year 2024Source RhynerChart Top 30 Music Albums of 2009Rank 1/30Rank Score 5
Year 2024Source paladisiacChart top albums, #0401-0500*Rank 67/75Rank Score -
Year 2024Source sonicdiscourseChart 2009 To-Do ListRank 66/78Rank Score -
Year 2024Source RhynerChart Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000sRank 19/100Rank Score 16
Year 2024Source dihansseChart Top 87 Music Albums of 2009Rank 80/87Rank Score 0
Year 2023Source JohnnyoChart Most listened to albums (Oct - Dec 2022)Rank 71/100Rank Score -
Year 2023Source paladisiacChart Top 100 Music Albums of 2009Rank 4/100Rank Score 5
Year 2023Source HelsinkiSnorkelChart Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000sRank 100/100Rank Score 0
Year 2023Source paladisiacChart Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000sRank 82/100Rank Score 4
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 56
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 157

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75/100 (from 52 votes)
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Date updated 06/13/2020 20:37Member westonAlbum ratings   Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,168Avg. album rating 71/100

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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 75.2/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.

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From 02/18/2016 08:53
A good record. Nice arrangements, choice of material and production.
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From 03/07/2012 23:00
A super-group that actually comes close to living up to being super. While the material never exceeds what any of the members have done on their own, it at least matches that quality which is much more than pretty much all super-groups ever accomplish.
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From 12/09/2011 18:10
When I think of indie supergroups that work well, I think of the new pornographers, a group that combined the indie pop of a.c. newman, the country folk of neko case and the abstract indie avant of dan bejar and threw together a new indie power rock pop entity (with tons of energy replete with wall-to-wall choruses). If new porn leans to any identity, they lean to a.c. newman, and the same dynamic works for monsters of folk too as jim james, m.ward, conor oberst and his mogis producer combine for some old-school, pop/rock/folk that for the most part leans towards the vision of oberst/mogis except for the otherworldly opener "dear god (sincerely m.o.f.)". This combination clicks almost all the time, from plaintive lead single "say please" and it's strong harmonies to the stop-start "oohm bop" of "losin' yo head" to the country bar flavor of "the right place", only losing a little steam in an oberst-sung "temazcal". Often these projects turn out to be vanity projects like chickenfoot or that foo/floyd/queens group (as 2009 examples). But this one works because it sounds like all 4 members really put a lot of thought, feeling and creativity into this collaborative effort. Monsters of folk indeed.
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