Native Speaker
by Braids
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Native Speaker is ranked as the best album by Braids.
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Native Speaker track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Native Speaker 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 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top Greatest Music Albums 201-300 | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | mianfei | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 38/100 | 59 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top Pop Rock 2011 | 6/30 | - |
| 2025 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2011 | 28/48 | - |
| 2024 |  HoldenM | Top 49 Music Albums of 2011 | 28/49 | 2 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 2011 To-Do List | 61/68 | - |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 15 | 27/100 | - |
| 2022 | pago82 | Top 80 Music Albums of 2011 | 57/80 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 105 | |||
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Native Speaker ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/22/2025 05:44 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2023 04:03 |  MadhattanJack | 6,003 | 66/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2022 20:45 | LosWochos | 47,581 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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hoyquarlow 08/01/2020 14:43 | #256573 | TOP COMMENT
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I remember when this album came out, Braids were hailed as the "next big thing", the "next Arcade Fire", or whatever... Finally it didn't really happened for them. Still, this debut album is quite interesting, with the title track and Lammicken being standouts.
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