Compassion
by Forest Swords
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Forest Swords bestography
Compassion is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by Forest Swords on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Forest Swords is Engravings which is ranked number 3508 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 429.
(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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Compassion track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Compassion rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 58 Music Albums of 2017 | 16/58 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Sentire Ascoltare Migliori album 2017 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top 10 Dance and Electronic Albums Best of 2017 | 9/10 | - |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 27 Music Albums of 2017 | 27/27 | 0 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 80 Music Albums of 2017 | 79/80 | 0 |
| 2025 |  kadupheming | Top 99 Music Albums of 2017 | 47/99 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 62 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 123 | |||
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Compassion ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/07/2026 15:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,860 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2024 23:48 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/19/2023 19:05 | LosWochos | 47,681 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.3.
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Compassion forum mentions
neilgee 08/25/2026 14:15 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
SleepDealer 04/08/2019 14:00 in What album are you listening to right now?Compassion comments
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Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/06/2017 02:13 | #192100 | TOP COMMENT
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Serious AOTY contender for me. Organic electronic albums usually don't sit well with me (the only exceptions being Forest Sword's previous effort and Virgins by Tim Hecker), but this album kept me engaged for my entire listen. It's rich, it's cinematic, it's thrilling- it truthfully raised my standard for this type of electronic music. Highly recommended.
cestuneblague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/28/2017 12:03 | #195046 | TOP COMMENT
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Lacks some of the energy and texture of Engravings, but for pure beguiling, dreamy sonic beauty few recent releases can match this. While not the most, challenging albums of it's kind, it's certainly among the most engaging and immediately intoxicating, though I wonder how well it will hold up on multiple listens. (Edited)
SleepDealer 07/16/2017 19:37 | #194414 | TOP COMMENT
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It's very accomplished, and one of the better albums I've heard this year... Still lacking something I can't quite out my finger on though.
TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/19/2017 06:59 | #191032 | TOP COMMENT
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Terrific sophomore follow up.
This dude is a master of his art.
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