Not Waving, But Drowning
by Loyle Carner

Not Waving, But Drowning by Loyle Carner
Year: 2019
Release date: 2019-04-19
Overall rank: 18,800th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 27 votes)
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Award Top albums of the 2010s (4,054th)
Award Best albums of all time (18,800th)

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Loyle Carner bestography

Not Waving, But Drowning is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by Loyle Carner on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Loyle Carner is Yesterday's Gone which is ranked number 6824 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 188.

Loyle Carner album bestography « Higher ranked (9,953rd)
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This album (18,800th)
Not Waving, But Drowning
Lower ranked (43,690th) »
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 18,800th | 2010s rank: 4,054th | 2019 rank: 341st
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2026 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 201935/502
2026JohnnyoQ magazine 2019 (2 B deleted)47/49 -
2025AledJamesTop 63 Music Albums of 20192/635
2025HyggevinylTop 54 Music Albums of 201916/544
2025 Graeme2Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s72/1006
2025HyggevinylTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s88/1003
2025 DavyTop 100 Music Albums of 201981/1001
2025AledJamesTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s31/10014
2021JeffN999Top 50 Music Albums of 201934/502
2021 DeusExMackiaTop 31 Music Albums of 201922/312
2020JohnnyoLongLiveVinyl Top 100 albums of 201979/100 -
2020 Mattdup279Top 100 Music Albums of 201974/1001
2020 reeceyboiTop 100 Music Albums of 201920/1004
2019Eel Pie RecordsEel Pie Records Albums of the Year 201925/994
2019willowen9Top 95 Music Albums of the 2010s91/951
2019Piccadilly RecordsTop 100 Albums of 201937/1003
2019Long Live VinylThe Top 100 Albums Of 201979/1001
2019The Line Of Best FitThe Best Albums of 201944/501
2019Les InrocksLes Inrocks Albums of the Year 201922/1004
2019QQ Albums of the Year 201947/500
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 20
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 56
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73/100 (from 27 votes)
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07/14/2025 23:51 Special  Ratings distribution  2,66472/100
 
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From 12/13/2020 00:50 | #262621
For me, an improvement on the debut. A very well produced follow up. His schtick is fairly unique. Coming over as a nice guy on tracks of everyday life. No guns, bitches or gang shite. More real than the rappers who are keeping it real. For the 99% that is. Not cool I guess. I feel slight influences from Stormzy and Michael Kiwanuka. Maybe not, I'm old, what do I know? Maybe he's courting the oldies by referencing Ghostface and Roots Manuva. I look forward to seeing a gig after this virus shit with a nice cone.
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