Whokill
by Tune-Yards
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Tune-Yards bestography
Whokill is ranked as the best album by Tune-Yards.
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Whokill track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Whokill rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2011 | 14/50 | - |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 40 Music Albums of 2011 | 32/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 99 Music Albums of 2011 | 12/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 2011 | 33/77 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 401-500 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 70 Music Albums of 2011 | 32/70 | 3 |
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 9 Music Albums of 2011 | 4/9 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 83 Music Albums of 2011 | 8/83 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 276 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,093 | |||
Whokill collection
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Whokill ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 17:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,120 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 12:04 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:27 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
Whokill favourites
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Whokill forum mentions
Rhyner 08/16/2025 17:10 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Romanelli 01/06/2023 02:29 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2022 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2022Whokill comments
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RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 16:33 | #81875 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a strange album. I have to say I don’t think I’ve ever really heard a band have a sound quite like this. I’ve heard some similar, but this is definitely unique. It’s electronic, it’s avant-garde and it’s rock all in one. It’s incoherent, yet somehow there’s some kind of coherency within it. It’s mind-boggling because it shouldn’t be so good. It should be odd or slightly off-putting, yet it’s really good. The lead singer was one of the most confusing parts about the band. At first I thought it was a man, turns out it’s a woman. She’s got a great voice, but for a woman, it’s a strange voice. At times it almost sounds like Bon Scott. It’s a really good album though and definitely worth listening to.
ShaneSpear TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/02/2011 01:56 | #26964 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm glad I came back to this album after being turned off the first time I tried to listen to it. There are a number of tracks that I enjoyed on this one. Wolly Wolly Gong was very good, as An_Outlaw already pointed out. I also enjoyed My Country, Riotriot, and Bizness as well. But my favorite track is Powa, because her vocals in that outro are pretty damn sublime. Good album.
I saw tUnE-YaRdS live at a crepe resturant in Santa Cruz last year. It was a really small show. tUnE-YaRdS wasn't big yet. Let me tell ya, this girl Merrill Garbus has INCREDIBLE pipes. One of the most powerful voices I've heard in person. I was blown away. Listen to some live stuff before you judge the album. You're missing out if you don't.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2011 16:22 | #33122 | TOP COMMENT
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Quirky and off-kilter but always with a good sense of rhythm, the tuneyards' "w h o k i l l" is both dense and sophomoric at times. This makes for a fun but challenging listen, and you know when you use the word "challenging" that it's at least somewhat off-putting.
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/01/2016 03:05 | #170244 | TOP COMMENT
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Very interesting. It borders that line of catchy and interesting, yet totally groundbreaking. Usually the two don't marry well, but they do it very well.
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