Animals
by This Town Needs Guns

Animals by This Town Needs Guns
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-10-13
Overall rank: 4,919th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 40 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (72nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (847th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,919th)

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Overall rank: 4,919th | 2000s rank: 847th | 2008 rank: 72nd
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2026chavaloricardinTop 100 Greatest Music Albums55/10046
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200823/1004
2025chavaloricardinTop 71 Music Albums of the 2000s13/7117
2025Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s58/1009
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 200874/1001
2025notsquibTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s75/1005
2025ImaybeparanoidTop 99 Music Albums of 200864/992
2025notsquibTop 10 Music Albums of 20088/102
2024Albumlover6789Top 99 Greatest Music Albums17/9968
2023 babyBlueSedanTop 17 Music Albums of 20086/174
2023Temporary33Top 51 Greatest Music Albums6/5167
2023Rm12398Top 26 Music Albums of 20086/264
2022LosWochosTop 99 Music Albums of 200876/991
2022NickyTBlizzadTop 32 Music Albums of 200824/321
2021 babyBlueSedanTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s69/1006
2021 babyBlueSedan"Hidden" Gems: Next 100 Albums, Sort Of78/100 -
2020 Tha1ChiefRockaTop 55 Music Albums of 200848/551
2020Giant2015Top 69 Music Albums of 200822/693
2020 JhlffcTop 80 Music Albums of the 2000s36/8011
2019 LowkeyTop 100 Music Albums of 200867/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 28
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 280
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79/100 (from 40 votes)
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10/23/2025 04:50 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,07579/100
 
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09/24/2025 14:06 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,76364/100
 
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09/13/2025 04:39 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100
 
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04/03/2025 10:40 Dingerbell  Ratings distribution  4,00362/100
 
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10/11/2024 17:07 chavaloricardin  Ratings distribution  48174/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.3/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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90/100
From 02/03/2022 02:22 | #280502
Wow that is some impressive technical ability. And it sounds so pretty!
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65/100
From 07/03/2017 00:16 | #193580
Definitivamente vale la pena escucharlo.
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80/100
From 12/06/2015 19:27 | #154028
There aren't really any standout tracks, but the overall emotion of the album is outstanding. Essential listening for anyone looking for good math rock.
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85/100
From 10/03/2013 06:42 | #87524
A very fresh and active sounding album. The guitar work is fantastic, the singing is emotional and powerful and the songwriting is extremely original. Only complaints being it gets a bit samey, but we'll see if it gets better with each listen.
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