The Drums
by The Drums

The Drums by The Drums
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-06-07
Overall rank: 4,801st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 113 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2010 (81st)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (861st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,801st)

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Overall rank: 4,801st | 2010s rank: 861st | 2010 rank: 81st  Overall chart history
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2026cicadelicMe Hace Ruido Lo mejor de 2010 Discos en inglés21/30 -
2026PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 201036/1003
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 201030/1004
2026 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 68 Music Albums of 201017/684
2026 xo66Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s75/1005
2026 dihansseTop 87 Music Albums of 201079/871
2026jnmaylesTop 100 Greatest Music Albums69/10032
2026blueandthemoonTop 72 Music Albums of 201063/721
2025cicadelicMonarchie & Alltag: Alben des Jahres 201030/40 -
2025LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s84/1003
2025JohnnyoTop 71 Music Albums of 201070/710
2025LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of 20107/1005
2025AlienCinemaTop 100 Music Albums of 201081/1001
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 201017/1004
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2010s 0655/100 -
2024 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of 201047/1003
2023FritzTop 12 Music Albums of 201012/120
2022 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 201092/1000
2022LosWochosTop 88 Music Albums of 201065/881
2022robinmkick19Top 100 Greatest Music Albums45/10035
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 92
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 295
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 113 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.


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70/100
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.
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95/100
From 10/29/2013 15:26 | #89700
Some catchy and danceable songs about being young and heartbroken. With a strong 80's influence, but in less darker way.
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85/100
From 12/17/2012 13:33 | #58129
Catchy Indie rock. Lots of decent tunes on it!
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65/100
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
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90/100
From 09/18/2010 22:54 | #15209
hmm.. i drink about 15 cups of tea a day, mostly green/white. i don't think i've hallucinated yet, although my hands have grown several inches in the past few months..
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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.
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Rating:  
90/100
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.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 07/19/2010 14:47 | #13599
I was totally shocked to see telefunker like this album, I like it, a few catchy tunes
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From 07/03/2010 03:29 | #13283
I see what you did there ;)
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75/100
From 07/03/2010 03:12 | #13282
Try buttering your toast - the bassline on "The Future" is a total ripoff from "Disorder" ;)
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