Crystal Castles (II)
by Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles (II) by Crystal Castles
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-05-24
Overall rank: 1,398th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 301 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2010 (20th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (211th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,398th)

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Crystal Castles bestography

Crystal Castles (II) is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Crystal Castles on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Crystal Castles is Crystal Castles which is ranked number 1177 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,492.

Crystal Castles album bestography « Higher ranked (1,177th)
Crystal Castles
This album (1,398th)
Crystal Castles (II)
Lower ranked (5,693rd) »
III

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Crystal Castles (II) track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Crystal Castles (II) rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,398th | 2010s rank: 211th | 2010 rank: 20th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 301 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.


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“Today's album of the day Crystal Castles (II) by Crystal Castles ( | ) Year: 2010. Country: Overall rank: 1,280 Average rating: 75/100 (from 281 votes). Tracks: 1. Fainting Spells 2. Celestica 3. Doe Deer 4. Baptism 5. Year Of Silence 6. Empathy 7. Suffocation 8. Violent Dreams 9. Vietnam 10. Birds…”
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Rating:  
40/100
If you like the sort of music that accompanies Supermario games, then tis is the album for you.
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Rating:  
80/100
super mario music is the best get it right
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Rating:  
95/100
Taking the sound they created in their first album to new levels, this album is chock full of catchy unique sounds that keep you going. I can easily listen to this whole thing without skipping a song. One thing I love most about this record is how it flips between pleasing poppy tracks and assaultive noise (i.e Celestica to Doe Deer)

Favorite tracks: Not In Love, Doe Deer, Baptism, Empathy
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Rating:  
80/100
Has pretty many good songs but somehow the whole is not nearly as good as the last album. Also the album would be much better if it included the Robert Smith sung version of Not In Love, which is one of the better singles of the past few years.
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85/100
Slightly more maturer than their 2008 self-titled release. A few filler tracks but pretty much just as enjoyable as their first. Baptism was one of the craziest songs I have ever seen performed live.
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