Crystal Castles (II)
by Crystal Castles
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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 1191 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,460.
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Crystal Castles (II) track list
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) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 05:16 |  Purplepash | 4,948 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2026 18:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,149 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2026 16:53 | mash | 1,489 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 01:00 | DrunkenDadGaming | 45 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 15:04 | Map | 516 | 81/100 |
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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 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Decent 7
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
Another weird record. Some really accessible, melodic parts and lots of fairly way out ideas. Not unlistenable but not great.
patriciatoledo 06/23/2017 07:57 | #193088
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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.
HoldenM 09/24/2014 09:13 | #122586
Though there are certainly a few redeemable moments, this mostly plays out as a repetitive, overlong piece of shit.
SuedeSwede 07/31/2014 12:48 | #118185 | TOP COMMENT
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super mario music is the best get it right
A set of very different tracks. A few are even good but most of them for me are unsuccessful experiments
lancashirearab 04/06/2012 08:07 | #39528 | TOP COMMENT
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If you like the sort of music that accompanies Supermario games, then tis is the album for you.
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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