Island Songs
by Ólafur Arnalds

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Island Songs by Ólafur Arnalds
Year: 2016
Release date: 2016-08-12
Overall rank: 16,166th   

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75/100 (from 9 votes)

     

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Top albums of 2016 (328th)

Top albums of of the 2010s (3,403rd)

Best albums of all time (16,166th)

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Ólafur Arnalds bestography

Island Songs is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Ólafur Arnalds on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ólafur Arnalds is For Now I Am Winter which is ranked number 13400 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 87.

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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	cicadelic	Top 42 Music Albums of 2016	40/42	0
2025	thekrauter	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s	66/100	7
2025	Igtonumama	Top 100 Music Albums of 2016	32/100	3
2025	Igtonumama	Favourite Instrumental Albums	47/66	-
2025	desh79	Top 100 Music Albums of 2016	24/100	4
2025	Hayden	Top 100 Music Albums of 2016	46/100	3
2020	asturias	Top 10 EPs of the Decade (2010s)	4/8	-
2020	bertrandu	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s	15/100	17
2019	bertrandu	Top 100 Music Albums of 2016	3/100	5
2019	bertrandu	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	51/100	14
2018	sirjwhite	Top 40 Greatest Music Albums	29/40	6
2017	fractaljazz	Top 100 Music Albums of 2016	56/100	2
2017	bertrandu	2010s Modern Classical	2/40	-
2016	Hipersonica	Los mejores discos internacionales de 2016	37/50	1
2016	A Closer Listen	The Top 20 Albums of the Year	5/20	4
2016	Norman Records	Best Albums of 2016	26/50	3
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		16
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		70

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Album ratings	Avg. album rating
85/100  !	01/20/2026 11:51	BorderFreeAndrew	15,708	74/100
85/100  !	08/11/2025 21:03	cicadelic	13,698	73/100
70/100  !	12/30/2022 21:09	Igtonumama	10,784	63/100
65/100  !	07/15/2022 10:31	Sforge	1,530	77/100
80/100  !	12/14/2020 12:32	desh79	1,436	76/100

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