Goths
by The Mountain Goats
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Goths is ranked 5th best out of 39 albums by The Mountain Goats on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Mountain Goats is The Sunset Tree which is ranked number 1474 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,163.
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Goths track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Goths rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2010s, #401-500 | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | kevinrob4 | Top 98 Music Albums of 2017 | 27/98 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2017 Year in Review | 98/100 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 23 Music Albums of 2017 | 16/23 | 2 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top albums, #2601-2700* | 76/82 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 53 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 190 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2026 18:40 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 20:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2026 18:01 |  Milhaud | 2,156 | 71/100 |
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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 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.
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dihansse 06/09/2026 20:17 in My discoveries per year
Purplepash 05/25/2024 04:09 in What album are you listening to right now?Goths comments
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ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/25/2022 00:53 | #289943 | TOP COMMENT
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Man I really like this, one of their most interesting albums.
Not really following the MG pattern, this album really branches out into new territory. There were limits placed on instrumentation, most specifically that JD could not use a guitar on the record. It clearly opened some musical doors.
Two years ago, The Mountain Goats taught us to face an opponent with their album "Beat The Champ". John Darnielle, who is considered one of the best lyricists in the world of indie rock, and his band come back with a new concept album entitled "Goths" and which pays tribute to... the Gothic. And if you listened to the album, you will notice that there is no guitar, just a piano and a Fender Rhodes leading the dance. There are some very successful songs such as "Unicorn Tolerance", "Wear Black" and "Rage of Travers" that do not hesitate to go to smooth jazz. We will have the impression to revisit the time of All Eternals Deck so this album is incredibly well polished and the climax is clearly reached on "For The Portuguese Goth Metal Bands". With this sixteenth MG album, you will not be afraid to be Gothic anymore.
8/10
Best track: "Rain In Soho"
I liked the soulful music and horns but the esoteric and detailed lyrics about goths and 90s culture went over my head and wasn't something that I could relate to.
This album will probably go down as 2017's most overlooked album. This album is superb. This album digs so much deeper than what you would originally think, given the subject matter. It's funny, original and will be nostalgic for some. Will definitely be in my top three albums of the year. LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM.
Best Tracks: Rain in Soho, Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back To Leeds, The Grey King And The Silver Flame Attunement, Wear Black, Pain in Cocaine, Shelved, Abandoned Flesh
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