Dirty Projectors
by Dirty Projectors
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Dirty Projectors bestography
Dirty Projectors is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Dirty Projectors on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dirty Projectors is Bitte Orca which is ranked number 912 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,903.
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Dirty Projectors track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Dirty Projectors rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mutant | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 23/100 | 72 |
| 2026 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 51 Music Albums of 2017 | 34/51 | 2 |
| 2026 | Lacobra | Top 29 Music Albums of 2017 | 13/29 | 3 |
| 2026 | mutant | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2017 101-200 | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | HMV Best Albums 2017 | 14/50 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Sentire Ascoltare Migliori album 2017 | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Record Collector Best New Releases of 2017 | 15/36 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 70 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 316 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/08/2026 00:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,603 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 08:36 | cicadelic | 14,292 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 17:48 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 70.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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mozzmozz 03/27/2018 18:02 in What album are you listening to right now?Dirty Projectors comments
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Komorebi-D 02/23/2017 06:00 | #186186 | TOP COMMENT
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It's full of solemn reflections, hopeful realisations & entrancingly nunced instrumentals layers. Sure, this Longstreth's best attempt at Bon Iver but it's also his best as a solo act.
awesomness425 02/25/2017 18:26 | #186331 | TOP COMMENT
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It started off super strong, but I lost some interest during the end of this..still solid release tho
It got unduly panned upon its first release for the extremely personal and selfish nature of the songwriting and I think that's unfair. Following a bad breakup how many of us are truly proud of the things we feel? The fact that Dave produced an album which makes the listener reflect on the nature of those thoughts in the same way that he clearly does (the end of the album is rather uplifting and apologetic) should be commended. Musically the weird R&B thing that he tries here works only occasionally. Some really high highs and some tracks that you just can't wait for the end of. Par for the course with a Dirty Projectors record though and that's the cost of radical experimentation.
Nice sound experiments but the songwriting's not good enough to hold my interest. Music as a lifestyle accessory for fashion-forward graduate students. Will probably get a couple of earnest rotations in the nerdiest weekend rental unit on fire island this summer.
notapawn88 03/30/2017 04:35 | #188388 | TOP COMMENT
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Very interesting and experimental however, it's parts are greater than it's whole.
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