The Drums
by The Drums
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The Drums bestography
The Drums is ranked as the best album by The Drums.
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The Drums track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Drums rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 68 Music Albums of 2010 | 17/68 | 4 |
| 2026 |  xo66 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 87 Music Albums of 2010 | 79/87 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | jnmayles | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 64/100 | 37 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Me Hace Ruido Lo mejor de 2010 Discos en inglés | 21/30 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 72 Music Albums of 2010 | 63/72 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 72 Music Albums of 2010 | 71/72 | 0 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 36/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 94 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 302 | |||
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The Drums ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/11/2026 22:14 | Proto | 4,353 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2026 07:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,247 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2026 08:40 | cicadelic | 14,178 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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The Drums forum mentions
dihansse 07/17/2025 20:27 in My discoveries per year
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The Drums comments
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I heard butter and cheese help give you lucid and more vivid dreams. Voltaire also drunk more than a dozen cups of coffee a day to help with his writing. Caffeine causes hallucinations taken in huge amounts apparently. I can't stress the huge part enough, it would take 8+ 250ml Red bulls to get the desired effect.
Very 80’s Manchester for me. It’s as if new order had grown up in California rather than the north of England. I like it.
telefunker 07/20/2010 00:09 | #13602 | TOP COMMENT
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i actually ran out of food today and have been eating nothing but buttered toast (i NEVER eat butter and very rarely toast) so i'll add this to the catalogue of synchronicities i've been experiencing lately! i should add that i think 'disorder' sucks; plenty of tracks i like have ripped off tracks i didn't like. i guess the musical landscape is a rich - and often self-referencing - tapestry, in which meaning can be found in all manner of unlikely combinations of influence. my god, the butter has gone to my head.
covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/02/2010 00:57 | #16741 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a great album because of its simplicity and easy going energy. It is easy going and soothing for that precise moment of the day. I think this reminded me a lot Is this it by The Strokes not because of the sound but I don't think I had listened to such a straight forwarded and unpretencious album since that debut until now
telefunker 06/24/2010 03:28 | #13150 | TOP COMMENT
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only listened a couple of times, but this reminds a bit of murmur by rem. i think it's the unashamed pop tunes knocked out in a sparse, quite atmospheric context. there's also a bit of beach boys influence too, which is always welcome. 'the future' is a standout one for me, beautiful little tune..
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