The Decline Of British Sea Power
by British Sea Power

The Decline Of British Sea Power by British Sea Power
Year: 2003
Release date: 2003-06-02
Overall rank: 3,829th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 101 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (73rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (646th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,829th)

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The best album by Sea Power is The Decline Of British Sea Power which is ranked number 3829 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 386.

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Overall rank: 3,829th | 2000s rank: 646th | 2003 rank: 73rd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 101 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.


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From dihansse 05/30/2022 20:28 in My discoveries per year
“These are the two albums of 2003 I listened to: First an album I already own: This is an impressive upgrade: from rank 55 to 6 of 1993. Because it is a wonderful album, not only because of the long Lately I have always appreciated but lately I also started to appreciate the rest of the album and in…”
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70/100
Considering the well-worn influences (Bowie, Joy Division, etc etc) it's surprising how unique the space this album fits.
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85/100
Superb debut album. Love Carrion and A Wooden Horse
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Like a lot of good bands in the 2000s, they made their name with a very striking early album, but failed to re-capture that excitement with a bunch of It's-Just-Okay follow-ups. That doesn't deter this bold gem though, a surprisingly emotional ode to post-punk-era british music but filtered through with a very 21st century sense of ambivilance.
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75/100
An album of two halves. First sounds like a jam; not a fan. The second is serious stuff; Lately is brilliant.
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Decent album but didn't hit me.
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