Aromanticism
by Moses Sumney
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Moses Sumney bestography
Aromanticism is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Moses Sumney on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Moses Sumney is Græ which is ranked number 2445 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 658.
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Aromanticism track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Aromanticism 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 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: 10 Favorite Albums of 2017 | 9/20 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 71 Music Albums of 2017 | 45/71 | 2 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 31 Music Albums of 2017 | 24/31 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | DLSO I migliori album stranieri del 2017 | 9/10 | - |
| 2026 | WayneMC | Clash: Albums of the Year 2017 | 5/50 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Favorite Albums 500-401 | 15/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top 10 Soul and R&B Albums Best of 2017 | 6/10 | - |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 38/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 126 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 348 | |||
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Aromanticism ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/21/2026 04:11 | ASOARE | 2,540 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 18:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,695 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2026 06:37 | Proto | 4,309 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Aromanticism forum mentions
BozoTyrannus 05/15/2020 19:31 in What album are you listening to right now? BozoTyrannus 05/15/2020 13:12 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
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johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/26/2017 23:31 | #198789 | TOP COMMENT
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For an album about lovelessness, Aromanticism is a strangely seductive one, occupying it's own space, uniquely at odds with the rest of the world. Romance is out, with many of the songs offering revealing yet affecting critiques on relationships. Make of it what you will, it's another world but it is a beautiful one. Step Inside.
poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/25/2017 06:17 | #203853 | TOP COMMENT
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My AOTY, this one takes you further. It stretches the music, embellishes every little emotion, and leaves you heartbroken, like a great opera aria. The sparse instrumentation and electronic loops create a seductively dark atmosphere which traps you in its bosom. Yes, it's surprising that the album takes so much from the romantic period of music even as it rejects it through its lyrics, we are hearing music that is reinventing the wheel a bit, though certainly with influences from Radiohead, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens, and Frank Ocean. Only downside is it's only slightly longer than 30 minutes, meaning the album had some more room to grow and congeal.
A powerful, powerful listen by a young artist deserving of much more credit. The mixtures of soul, art rock, trip-hop and electronica create a record both entrancing and unsettling, one that truly climaxes with "Doomed", quite possibly one of the most tragically beautiful songs this reviewer has heard in a LONG time.
This is the perfect record for any dingus who says "good music doesn't exist anymore."
This is a fantastic album. Quite a bit of Radiohead influence. I'll update this once I've listened more.
Best tracks: Don't Bother Calling, Quarrel, Indulge Me
There’s a lot to love here, but I am particularly fascinated by Moses Sumney’s gorgeous voice. From the first track onwards you feel that his voice alone can take you away to another place, that it doesn’t need to get more complicated. But as the album adds more and more elements over its runtime, you realise it can and does get even better.
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