Not Waving, But Drowning
by Loyle Carner
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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 6472 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 205.
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Not Waving, But Drowning track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Not Waving, But Drowning 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 | Hyggevinyl | Top 55 Music Albums of 2019 | 16/55 | 4 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Q magazine 2019 (2 B deleted) | 47/49 | - |
| 2025 |  Davy | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | AledJames | Top 63 Music Albums of 2019 | 2/63 | 5 |
| 2025 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2021 | JeffN999 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2019 | 34/50 | 2 |
| 2021 |  DeusExMackia | Top 31 Music Albums of 2019 | 22/31 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 58 | |||
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Not Waving, But Drowning ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2025 23:51 |  Special | 3,050 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2025 16:29 | AledJames | 1,704 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2024 10:24 |  uncaria | 478 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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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