Queen Of Denmark
by John Grant

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-04-19
Overall rank: 1,491st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 157 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2010 (23rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (234th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,491st)

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Queen Of Denmark is ranked as the best album by John Grant.

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Overall rank: 1,491st | 2010s rank: 234th | 2010 rank: 23rd
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2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Greatest Music Albums36/10064
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 20101/1005
2026stangetzawayTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s89/1002
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2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s27/10015
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Greatest Music Albums33/10067
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 201033/1003
2026joathomeTop 63 Music Albums of 201036/632
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2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 201021/904
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s5/10019
2026asimpkinsTop 33 Music Albums of 201029/331
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 201063/1002
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2026 baystateoftheartTop 100 Music Albums of 201041/1003
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 201020/1004
2025 EyeKanFlyTop 70 Music Albums of 201019/704
2025cicadelicIndirekte Best Albums 201021/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 176
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,138
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 157 votes)
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03/09/2026 19:15 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,25368/100
 
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02/04/2026 01:54 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,33781/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:30 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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90/100
From 08/08/2020 09:55 | #256813
Top record beauty and pain throughout with moments of humour. Dreams go to die is luscious, Sigourney weaver just wonderful. ' I think I am on Jupiter, the one that looks like rainbow sherbet'
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70/100
From 09/20/2018 13:51 | #221341
Funny, tuneful and brutally-honest-at-times indie folk, John Grant is like Father John Misty if Misty wasn't so damn lyrically obscure and musically all-over-the-place. I also hear an ear for Pink Floyd now-and-then with his cinematic instrumental touches on a fine debut album backed by Midlake.
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90/100
From 06/18/2016 13:25 | #169058
John Grant's debut solo album is one of the best albums of the last ten years. Queen of Denmark, is typical Grant, great music and some fantastically hilarious lyrics, especially the line about Winona Ryder not getting the accent right. A superb album from an artist who still has a lot to offer.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 07/05/2013 08:10 | #80483
Some of the strangest, funniest, cleverest lyrics on any album I've heard. Not as dark and moody at Pale Green Ghosts, but great album all the same.
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95/100
From 04/13/2013 14:49 | #72817
1976 and heartbroken. Classic songwriting of the sort not seen since Rufus Wainwright's 'Want', the quality here is so good that John Grant's debut would be critically acclaimed in any decade since the 1960s. Love is hell, other people are hell, and over and over again. Massaging a bruise until it is a rhapsody in purple, red, and blue. Is this album excellent? Yes.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 04/13/2013 08:00 | #72777
Classic album - a real return to great songwriting and insightful lyrics. Title track is the standout, but I really like Outer Space and Sigourney Weaver as well.
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85/100
From 01/23/2013 13:09 | #62611
Really strong songwriting with lots of emotion and plenty of wit. My biggest worry when listening to this album is how much I like Chicken Bones but at the same time think it sounds very similar to Nickelback's Rockstar but lines like "I feel just like Sigourney Weaver when she had to kill those aliens and one guy tried to get them back to the earth and she couldn't believe her ears" and "You tell me that my life is based upon a lie, I casually mentioned that I pissed in your coffee" soon blow those worries away.
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85/100
From 12/18/2010 07:00 | #17059
One of the best albums of 2010. Hope I get a chance to see John Grant and Midlake live.
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