The Underside Of Power
by Algiers
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The Underside Of Power is ranked as the best album by Algiers.
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The Underside Of Power track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Underside Of Power rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 51 Music Albums of 2017 | 15/51 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Best Albums of 2017 & Honorable Mentions | 2/41 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 58 Music Albums of 2017 | 4/58 | 5 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 18 Music Albums of 2017 | 12/18 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Magazine.HD Os Melhores Álbuns de 2017 | 34/50 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 87 Music Albums of 2017 | 26/87 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 53/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 148 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 502 | |||
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The Underside Of Power ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/07/2026 21:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,685 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:13 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 19:02 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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The Underside Of Power forum mentions
Rhyner 09/17/2018 17:58 in What album are you listening to right now?
baystateoftheart 09/04/2018 17:50 in 2017 Championship Tournament, Round 1: #6 v. #12
Tha1ChiefRocka 08/14/2018 06:19 in BEA 2017 Championship TournamentThe Underside Of Power comments
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Algiers’ debut two years ago was a trailblazing statement that blended umpteen genres to spectacular effect, so my expecations were sky-high for album number two. Amazingly it’s a close match, with the band doubling down on the gospel- and techno-inspired elements in order to complement the more politically impassioned lyrics.
cgriffin060 08/14/2018 06:56 | #219667 | TOP COMMENT
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Amazing Album. The title track is a banger and Cleveland is just an incredible track.
BUT.
Whoever mastered this needs to be shot. Distorted and squashed to the point where you lose clarity. The Loudness wars need to die.
Favorite tracks: Walk Like A Panther, The Underside Of Power, Death March, The Cycle/The Spiral: Time To Go Down Slowly
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An album full of experimentation and diversity.This album truly is a dream of a melomaniac.
One my favourite albums of 2017.
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