American Football (2019)
by American Football
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American Football bestography
American Football (2019) is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by American Football on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by American Football is American Football (1999) which is ranked number 494 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,439.
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American Football (2019) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
American Football (2019) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut- 2019 | 18/32 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 85 Music Albums of 2019 | 70/85 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 82 Music Albums of 2019 | 53/82 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2019 201-300 | 68/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 47/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 87 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 260 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/13/2026 09:09 | juanr1096 | 6,265 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2026 21:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,670 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 20:37 |  Special | 3,033 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Purplepash 12/02/2019 12:43 in What album are you listening to right now?American Football (2019) comments
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After the masterpiece of the first record in 1999, after the disappointing 2016 II, Mike Kinsella and his band makes an convincing come back with a bunch of female guests, and one the greatest song of 2000's: Unconfortably Numb. (Edited)
A perfectly good album, but when you’re following up two fantastic albums, it kinda falls to the wayside. Still plenty of quality music, but nothing as iconic as the past two.
spigelwii 06/26/2020 15:00 | #254551 | TOP COMMENT
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I can't really add anything to this page that other (better) reviewers haven't already said, but American Football (2019) falls a bit flat. It's music that lands softly and squarely in the middle of the river of ether separating shoegaze and dream pop, and fails to really excel at either. It's mesmerizing at it's best, but even the strongest songs here have consistency issues. (Edited)
20 fucking years. Two decades of American Football's eponymous debut album pioneered the mid-west emo. AF developed a melancholic style backed up by arpeggios and a melodic play with a technicity close to math-rock. The band led by Mike Kinsella exploded in 1999 after this magnificent first record and a handful of basement shows. It was not until 2014 with the reissue of this same album to see the band back on stage. In 2016 came a second LP, still full of nostalgia but really uninteresting. Back in 2019. We do not expect much from American Football, and that's where we welcome. For if Urbana's band continues to dilute his eighth notes in a spleen close to the ambient, he succeeds where he failed two years earlier. That is to say, he again shapes delicate and memorable melodies by superimposing the layers as he knew how to do it well. American Football finally condenses with talent its know-how. And if obviously we do not find our first adolescent emotions, the charm undeniably operates.
7/10
Best track: "Uncomfortably Numb (feat. Hayley Williams)" (Edited)
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