World's Strongest Man
by Gaz Coombes
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World's Strongest Man is ranked as the best album by Gaz Coombes.
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World's Strongest Man track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
World's Strongest Man rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | HMV Guide To 2018's Best Albums | 11/50 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 90 Music Albums of 2018 | 80/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | WayneMC | Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2018 | 92/99 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 94 Music Albums of 2018 | 18/94 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Fopp Records Albums of the Year 2018 | 14/100 | - |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Revista La Dosis: Los 100 mejores discos internacionales de 2018 | 26/97 | - |
| 2024 | jwalsh97 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 12 | 68/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 120 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/28/2026 20:57 | luukvdschepop | 767 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 04:14 | Tamthebam | 23,323 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 19:35 | Dobbo | 37 | 82/100 |
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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 76.2/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.7.
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pedro1976 05/04/2026 08:11 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 04/04/2024 09:55 in What album are you listening to right now?World's Strongest Man comments
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PlasticRob 06/15/2018 11:24 | #216816 | TOP COMMENT
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Yeah he definitely sounds a bit like ol' Thom on a few tracks here, particularly in his falsetto register, but his band's sound and the album's production is not really very Radiohead. The production reminds me more of Beck's album Modern Guilt with its occasionally surf-style fuzzy guitars and snappy funk grooves. The melodies aren't as angular as Radiohead's post-OK Computer tunes either, and that makes these songs sound relatively more conventional. My favourite tracks on here are the ones that groove the most: Deep Pockets, The Oaks and Walk the Walk.
Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/07/2018 00:47 | #222142 | TOP COMMENT
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Just heard a track off this album (Walk the Walk) on the radio and my immediate thought was, ‘has Thom Yorke collaborated on something I wasn’t aware of?’ I quite liked the vibe of the track so now I’m going to give the whole album a spin. Was not surprised to see the comments below comparing the 2 artists.
The sound and quality of the record is great. It took a little while to settle with the album in comparison with Matador. It felt inconsistent at first, but at the end I am very satisfied with the record and really feel the progress Gaz Coombes has made as a songwriter.
Radiohead? Well, they too hail from Oxford, so there might be some geographical element to it, cultural background or whatever. Anyway, I've always enjoyed Supergrass way more than Radiohead, and that's a euphemism. This is dark and entertaining in one stroke, not just yawn-inducing.
1st listen as i’m Typing this and really liking the vibe. Radiohead? I can see that enalogy. As i’m A big Radiohead fan don’t mind that comparison at all.
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