The Ooz
by King Krule
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King Krule bestography
The best album by Archy Marshall is The Ooz which is ranked number 1455 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,180.
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The Ooz track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Ooz 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 |  Kalos | L10Y - Last 10 Years fav albums | 17/100 | - |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 47 Music Albums of 2017 | 34/47 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Esquire (UK) The 50 Best Albums Of 2017 | 26/50 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 58 Music Albums of 2017 | 40/58 | 2 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | 2017 Honorable Mentions | 55/85 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Best Of 2017 | 37/70 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums 2017 | 14/20 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 25 Music Albums of 2017 | 10/25 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 264 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,180 | |||
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The Ooz ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/08/2026 02:55 |  imacgill | 2,840 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 15:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,650 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 19:05 | Svelte8 | 1,921 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5370): By Nagaiwolfwood
Waner 10/16/2024 23:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 01/21/2023 21:00 in Album of the day (#4416): The Ooz by King KruleThe Ooz comments
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seb7 09/30/2022 04:18 | #290066
The mix of jazz, dub, rock, trip-hop dreaminess is like nothing else I've heard before and is super interesting. With the length, some of the tracks get lost within each other. I really like Dum Surfer.
Already full of promise after his debut album 6 Feet Beneath The Moon and stand-out appearances on Mount Kimbie’s Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, King Krule changes gear again with a blurry, sombre album that perfectly captures the feeling of being in your early twenties, rejecting any kind of commitment while still hoping aimlessly to find a consistent identity.
Cargusbralem 10/03/2018 21:40 | #222001 | TOP COMMENT
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This album takes you on a one way solo trip to the moon. At first you are excited and a maybe a little scared (Biscuit Town, The Locomotive, Dum Surfer), but then you realize there is nothing there and you are all alone, sinking into a depressive atmosphere (most tracks) and ocassionally having small mental breakdowns (Vidual, Half Man Half Shark).
Just appreciate this album for what it is to you.
Onater 07/01/2018 06:38 | #217577
My AOTY for 2017, an admittedly weak year for new music. This may not be the most exciting album on track by track basis, but it is thoroughly unique and incredibly atmospheric, and one of the few rock albums in recent years that's really pushed the genre forward in such interesting ways and promising ways.
Komorebi-D 12/30/2017 02:23 | #204114 | TOP COMMENT
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I think for me personally this was one of the year's bigger surprises. I feel like Archy Marshall really etched out his own space here that none of his peers are close to tapping into. It's a tapestry that showcases the in-between of genres, emotions, characters and backdrops of where the narratives transpire. And it's quite a sizeable progression when compared to 2013's 6 Feet Beneath The Moon.
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