Modern English Decoration
by Ulrika Spacek
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Ulrika Spacek bestography
Modern English Decoration is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Ulrika Spacek on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ulrika Spacek is Compact Trauma which is ranked number 21188 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 49.
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Modern English Decoration track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Modern English Decoration rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 66 Music Albums of 2017 | 56/66 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Ulrika Spacek (UK) - Ranked | 2/3 | - |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Télérama: Meilleurs albums rock, classique, électro de 2017 | 46/54 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | Exclusive albums of years 2016 - 2018 | 31/100 | - |
| 2019 | WayneMC | Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2017 | 92/100 | - |
| 2018 |  Komorebi-D | Top 20 Music Albums of 2017 | 14/20 | 2 |
| 2017 | Far Out Magazine | The 50 best albums of 2017 | 48/50 | 0 |
| 2017 | Crack Magazine | Albums of the Year 2017 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2017 | Sister Ray | Albums Of The Year 2017 | 42/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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Modern English Decoration ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 17:42 | LosWochos | 47,545 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 13:34 | jnmayles | 2,416 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2023 19:25 | PapaShiz86 | 11,831 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 6.1.
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neilgee 03/11/2026 08:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) MadhattanJack 03/14/2023 07:33 in What album are you listening to right now?Modern English Decoration comments
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Komorebi-D 08/07/2017 02:12 | #195637
Now I'm a massive fan of Deerhunter, especially their albums Cryptograms, Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. & Halcyon Digest. Nobody seems to pull off the same blend of garage rock, neo-psych, ambient, post-punk, shoegaze, noise rock & krautrock (which they describe as "ambient-punk") quite like they do. Although, it seems I have found one such act that comes very close. Their name? Ulrika Spacek. Don't worry, until recently I hadn't heard of them either but I'm so glad I got the chance to come across them. Now I'm addicted to this album. It's just like the album I mentioned before; Microcastle. And it even brings to mind the same comparisons of other influential artists like Faust, My Bloody Valentine & Can while throwing a certain Radiohead tinge into the mix. It's so good in fact, that I think it'll kick Slowdive out of my top 10 and Alex G from 9th to secure its position there, just behind Vince Staples. Just can't wait to discover what else they have waiting for me in their catalog. (P.S. that cover too! Jesus Christ, do I love it!)
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/31/2017 20:41 | #191778
No great change here - which is disappointing, especially as The Album Paranoia sounded so promising. Unlike that album this one also lacks some of the TUNES! that made it such a good listen, favouring instead to retreat back into their own world - which is interesting enough, but not very exciting.
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