The Golden Archipelago (studio album) by Shearwater

The Golden Archipelago by Shearwater
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-02-23
Overall rank: 24,875th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 36 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2010 (584th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (5,886th)
Award Best albums of all time (24,875th)
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Shearwater bestography

The Golden Archipelago is ranked 5th best out of 12 albums by Shearwater on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Shearwater is Jet Plane And Oxbow which is ranked number 7218 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 175.

Shearwater album bestography « Higher ranked (22,101st) This album (24,875th) Lower ranked (26,252nd) »
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The Golden Archipelago track list

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 36 votes)
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03/22/2024 10:40 DavideBerna  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,43473/100
 
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02/02/2021 03:41 Moondance  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 17,53572/100
 
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01/02/2021 18:55 LosWochos  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 42,27275/100
 
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07/09/2016 16:50 fractaljazz  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,29274/100
 
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03/08/2016 20:07 meccalecca  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,51379/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.

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From 07/27/2013 23:53
I love the quiet, reflective songs, but the really fiery, forward songs sound like really bad 80s power ballads to me...
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From 03/05/2012 05:42
One of those albums that sound exactly like what the album cover looks like. Just beautiful.
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From 02/22/2011 18:20
"Rook" is so much better!
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From 10/26/2010 21:00
Very unique listening experience. I feel this one may be a grower as going straight into it didn't feel right. Whole sound is not one I would usually listen to. That said Black Eyes and Corridors were both lovely.
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