What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
by The Vaccines
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What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? is ranked as the best album by The Vaccines.
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What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest British Albums | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600 | 52/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Rock First Best Albums 2011 | 31/65 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 79 Music Albums of 2011 | 16/79 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 18 Music Albums of 2011 | 16/18 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Me Hace Ruido Lo mejor de 2011 Discos en inglés | 12/35 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 250 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 935 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 14:01 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2026 17:08 | daCritic | 4,637 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 11:51 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? forum mentions
neilgee 09/14/2025 16:19 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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A great debut. Every song is memorable. My highlights are All In White, Norgaard and Post Break Up Sex.
Simply tons of fun, nothing less, nothing more.
Just getting to hear this in 2019 and I love it. Agree with JimagineL that everything doesn't have to be revolutionary. This builds on and gives their twists from stuff before and delivers a great album.
This is just a super fun record! "Oh It sounds like Artic Monkeys, It isn't new, another strokes band" oh men, c'mon not everything has to be revolutionary, you guys have to put these things out of your mind.
This is why rock bands struggle to get attention, they can't move a finger without being compared to It or that. It is just annoying, and when they try to do something diferent they are criticized as well. It doesn't mean bands shouldn't be criticized or compared, but fuck, be a little more creative.
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/15/2018 01:08 | #205622
The U.K's continuing fascination with garage rock has seen the almost effortless ascendency of The Vaccines. By no means the most innovative band on the planet, The Vaccines are more concerned with adding a few more spokes than re-inventing it. And that is no bad thing considering the kind of sucker-punch songs on display here that any band worth their salt would kill to get their hands on.
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