Semper Femina (studio album)
by Laura Marling
Laura Marling bestography
Semper Femina is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by Laura Marling on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Laura Marling is Song For Our Daughter which is ranked number 1890 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 880.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Semper Femina track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | mutant | 1,634 | 55/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 21:59 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2025 13:21 |  paladisiac | 7,277 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2025 01:31 | Proto | 3,853 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2024 03:18 | Skerns | 5,055 | 80/100 |
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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 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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RoundTheBend 01/24/2018 04:32 | #206408
A rich discovery.
So varied yet cohesive. The instrumentation perfectly complements her nuanced vocals. Easily one of the Top 5 albums of 2017.
Freddie55 05/31/2017 14:44 | #191768
Exquisite. One of the best albums of 2017.
jhuik 05/27/2017 02:01 | #191490
Bold and strong, beautiful and challenging: the music, the lyrics, the singer, and the woman, that is. One of the very best female singer songwriters ever imho. This might be her most varied and masterful work yet. Will challenge for AOTY.
SaulCortes1992 04/25/2017 20:58 | #189844
10/10 Laura never fails!
nitomano 04/11/2017 04:21 | #189048
Great album
Without a doubt the best sounding album of 2017 to date. Listen with a good pair of headphones to find an expansive soundstage and clear separation among instruments. So far the songwriting is holding up with the production. This looking to be a highlight of 2017.
HoldenM 03/26/2017 06:03 | #188114
Not a ton of time has been spent with this one, but it's a lavish, soulful record. Maybe not immediately compelling, but really good.
Not quite as instantly great as the last two albums but it's certainly growing on me with each listen. She still seems inspired and seems more mature than ever on this LP. Whether it will hit the heights of the previous two records I'll have to wait and see but so far it's another very good Laura Marling LP.
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