Purple Mountains
by Purple Mountains
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/01/2026 09:32 |  xo66 | 1,586 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 13:43 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 00:15 | araidernomore | 482 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2026 03:56 | bkogz | 934 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 01:47 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 272 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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The lyricism. The catchiness. The overwhelming sense of depression laced with sharp humour. This album is a masterpiece to me. (Edited)
A masterpiece from an artist gone before his time. (Edited)
Jboy56 06/08/2022 07:26 | #286106 | TOP COMMENT
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1 of the Best 2019 albums. Very original with c&w and pop sensibilities. Peaceful and kinda beautiful.
JoaoMoreira 04/09/2021 00:48 | #268357
Very conservative music with a dark twist.
Beautiful record due to its combination of extreme honesty and gorgeous vocal arrangements.
Jarvis Tavernier is insightful guy and did a great job on this one.
Love some of the tracks from this album.
mdbaxter 02/05/2020 17:37 | #247518
Fantastic songwriting, good instrumentation and not-so-great vocals. The despair of this album is easily felt when you listen to the lyrics but I wish the vocals were close in quality to them. They just aren't very good. The actual words, though, I can't say enough about. Even without taking the writer's suicide into account, you can understand that this is a deeply troubled individual singing. I'm impressed with his ability to be so upfront about all the things going on in his mind and his ability to clearly and concisely convey those feelings. You can tell that Berman knew himself which I think is uncommon. "That's Just the Way That I Feel" is the most well-written song on the album, in my opinion. (Edited)
David Berman's ultimate existentialist excersise. Deep mostly sad lyrics with delightful indie melodies. A memorable goodbye record, it's growing on me more and more.
LedZep 12/09/2019 21:59 | #245482
I mean considering that Silver Jews were the first, you could maybe call Modest Mouse the David Berman of 2019, certainly not the other way round. But I personally don't see the connection. Maybe in the 90s, but that's debatable too.
Brad1770 10/27/2019 11:17 | #244162
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corenfro 09/23/2019 20:30 | #242983 | TOP COMMENT
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Wow, so sobering to listen to this knowing the outcome of the artist just weeks after the release.
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