Here Comes The Indian
by Animal Collective

Here Comes The Indian by Animal Collective
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 5,894th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 168 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (112th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,013th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,894th)

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Animal Collective bestography

Here Comes The Indian is ranked 10th best out of 33 albums by Animal Collective on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Animal Collective is Merriweather Post Pavilion which is ranked number 158 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,018.

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Here Comes The Indian
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Here Comes The Indian rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,894th | 2000s rank: 1,013th | 2003 rank: 112th
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2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 200375/1001
2026 ExTeaSeaF2LF: Animal Collective etc..12/15 -
2025 AAL2014Top 50 Music Albums of 200326/503
2025 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 200320/69 -
2025 AAL2014Animal Collective (& Related): So Far..6/9 -
2025 KalosTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s53/10010
2025cronadigallinaTop 100 Music Albums of 200342/1003
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 200389/1001
2025VanillaBeanTop 30 Music Albums of 200330/300
2025PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200375/1001
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 100 Music Albums of 200372/1001
202519loveless91Animal Collective14/28 -
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200382/1001
2025 MadhattanJackTop 58 Music Albums of 200336/582
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Animal Collective (US) - Ranked15/26 -
2025liquidbottleTop 50 Greatest Music Albums30/5039
2024cicadelicBlow Up Critics’ List Best Album 200311/50 -
2024shanelovesyou1111Top 88 Music Albums of 200337/883
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 200368/1002
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2000s 0264/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 68
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 225
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Here Comes The Indian ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 168 votes)
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02/10/2026 22:59 mianfei  Ratings distribution  1,37862/100
 
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11/17/2025 17:14 scoob73  Ratings distribution  1,74871/100
 
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08/22/2025 15:01 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,74082/100
 
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08/15/2025 04:16 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,64075/100
 
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06/04/2025 10:29 miltiadis2001  Ratings distribution  67085/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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100/100
From 07/12/2024 21:19 | #304289
So weird but I love it
9.5/10
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From 12/14/2021 17:07 | #277486
Slippi is pretty great, but the rest is 40 minutes of self-indulgent bullshit.
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From 11/13/2018 18:19 | #224878
So I guess this is what happens when you put a panda bear in a recording studio... What was a geologist doing there anyway?
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60/100
From 10/03/2018 07:22 | #221983
Bunch of kids whose parents never told them “no”.
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50/100
From 01/11/2016 18:56 | #156311
I kind of agree with PsychologistHD. This album is far too difficult to listen to, and it's way too harsh for my taste. Thank God that Animal Collective ditched this sound over the course of their career.
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From 07/30/2015 14:40 | #146728
Starts off with a bang and drones for forty or so minutes. I enjoyed the album, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't occasionally lose patience with it.
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