Compassion (studio album)
by Forest Swords

Album
Compassion by Forest Swords
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-05-05
Overall rank: 10,593rd   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 54 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (226th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (2,142nd)
Award Best albums of all time (10,593rd)

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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 3572 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 410.

Forest Swords album bestography « Higher ranked (10,593rd)
Compassion This album (10,593rd)
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Compassion track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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War It
Average Rating: 78 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Highest Flood
Average Rating: 79 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
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Panic
Average Rating: 78 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
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Exalter
Average Rating: 77 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
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Border Margin Barrier
Average Rating: 76 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
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Arms Out
Average Rating: 80 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
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Vandalism
Average Rating: 78 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
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Sjurvival
Average Rating: 77 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
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Raw Language
Average Rating: 78 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
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Knife Edge
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Compassion rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,593rd | 2010s rank: 2,142nd | 2017 rank: 226th

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Compassion ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 54 votes)
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 !		01/13/2024 23:48 BorderFreeAndrew   14,49974/100
 
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 !		12/19/2023 19:05 LosWochos   46,64375/100
 
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 !		05/17/2023 04:32 zags7000   20,41664/100
 
70/100
 !		10/08/2021 13:49 ssteve   2,47376/100
 
70/100
 !		10/01/2021 06:47 drstuey   2,69673/100

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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 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.4.

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Compassion comments

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80/100
From 07/28/2017 12:03 | #195046
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.
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80/100
From 07/16/2017 19:37 | #194414
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.
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85/100
From 06/06/2017 02:13 | #192100
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.
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70/100
From 05/19/2017 06:59 | #191032
Terrific sophomore follow up.
This dude is a master of his art.
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