The Common Task
by Horse Lords
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The Common Task is ranked as the best album by Horse Lords.
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The Common Task track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Common Task rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 91 Music Albums of 2020 | 26/91 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2020 201-300 | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 64 Music Albums of the 2020s | 41/64 | 8 |
| 2025 | DavideBerna | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Applerill | Top 49 Music Albums of 2020 | 35/49 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | 2020: Part II | 44/100 | - |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 60 Music Albums of 2020 | 34/60 | 2 |
| 2024 | mjp11 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 79/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 127 | |||
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The Common Task ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/17/2026 12:11 | cicadelic | 14,251 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2025 23:21 | bcole19 | 629 | 89/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2024 09:31 | DavideBerna | 1,885 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
The Common Task forum mentions
Purplepash 10/25/2020 01:08 in What album are you listening to right now?The Common Task comments
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Way to experimental for me. So much going on.
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/29/2020 08:28 | #249250 | TOP COMMENT
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I've been so crazy behind on new music. But this is a really terrific art rock/drone/post rock/post punk/math rock album. Totally here for it.
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