Special Moves
by Mogwai
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Mogwai bestography
Special Moves is ranked 13th best out of 31 albums by Mogwai on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mogwai is Mogwai Young Team which is ranked number 928 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,875.
(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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Special Moves track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Special Moves 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 2010 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2010 | 54/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 51 Music Albums of 2010 | 1/51 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2201-2300 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 62 Music Albums of 2010 | 34/62 | 2 |
| 2026 | Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | Graeme2 | Live | 15/100 | - |
| 2025 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 85/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 102 | |||
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Special Moves ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2025 11:03 |  Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 21:42 | PapaShiz86 | 11,753 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2025 23:51 | TastyandTemptin | 3,182 | 72/100 |
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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 76.4/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.
Special Moves forum mentions
Romanelli 08/03/2024 15:51 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers Romanelli 07/20/2024 22:04 in This DVD Came With My Album! Romanelli 03/22/2024 14:36 in What album are you listening to right now?Special Moves comments
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/31/2017 05:34 | #196986
Some version comes with additional tracks available as a download. They include "new paths to helicon". Why this is not on the album proper is anyone's guess. Why is it not just a double album? Anyways, said track is one of the great live experiences and easily up there with "Mogwai fear Satan". Sound is fantastic, play loud. Mogwai are a band to experience live. This is the place to start any relationship with the band.
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