Gloss Drop
by Battles
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Gloss Drop is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Battles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Battles is Mirrored which is ranked number 1366 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,263.
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Gloss Drop track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Gloss Drop ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 21:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,714 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 21:44 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2026 03:17 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 16:18 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2025 04:12 | Proto | 4,185 | 33/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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mickilennial 06/30/2014 00:11 | #115610 | TOP COMMENT
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Battles disarmed of their near-avant elements and a lot of energy as well as care. A good record but in the shadow of Mirrored it's noticeably weak.
I love this record for different reasons than I love Mirrored. Battles are an overlooked band.
RockyRaccoon 07/18/2013 16:38 | #81882 | TOP COMMENT
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This is Battles first album since losing their vocalist, and their sound has changed a bit. I would say that their last album, “Mirrored" was strange. Good, but quite strange. I can say how many times I was listening to the song “Atlas" and people looked at me funny. However, this album is a bit different. Almost more accessible, at least as far as Battles goes. The album is mostly instrumental with a few guest vocalists, most notably the singer from Blonde Redhead and Gary Numan (of 80s one hit wonder fame). The instrumentals are interesting for the most part, though a couple of them get a bit repetitive after awhile, but overall the album is good. You have to be into this kind of music though, this isn’t exactly something that you’re going to be singing along to or anything. But it is certainly interesting and worth checking out.
This is something for the very discerning connoisseurs :(
MusicViaTim 06/01/2012 18:08 | #43417
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