The Official Body
by Shopping
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Shopping bestography
The Official Body is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Shopping on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Shopping is All Or Nothing which is ranked number 26833 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 35.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Official Body track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Official Body rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | sonicdiscourse | Top 99 Music Albums of 2018 | 90/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2018 201-300 | 22/100 | - |
| 2026 | Stevo796 | Top 13 Music Albums of 2018 | 9/13 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 31 Music Albums of 2018 | 18/31 | 2 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Allmusic Best Of 2018 | 47/60 | - |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Stevo796 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018 | 82/82 | - |
| 2020 | Dayved00 | Top 84 Music Albums of 2018 | 40/84 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
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The Official Body ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2026 20:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,619 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2023 10:50 | Stevo796 | 1,153 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2022 03:16 |  imacgill | 2,838 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.7.
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CellarDoor 07/13/2019 07:14 in BEA 2018 Championship Tournament Purplepash 03/23/2019 09:41 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 01/05/2019 04:44 in What album are you listening to right now?The Official Body comments
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imacgill 09/01/2022 03:32 | #289191
Rachel Aggs is a member of two really good dance punk bands; Sacred Paws and Shopping. Whereas Sacred Paws has an Afrobeat sound, Shopping is more postpunk and pays obvious homage to 80's bands like ESG, Bush Tetras and Delta 5. Produced by Edwyn Collins, this is Shopping's third album and their best record to date.
Repo 01/05/2019 04:47 | #228968
Danceable post-punk in the vein of Gang Of Four (with just a hint of Sleater-Kinney too!) .While not very original it is still aces if you crave this sound. Extremely well done post-punk.
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