The Talkies
by Girl Band (IE)
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Girl Band (IE) bestography
The Talkies is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Gilla Band on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gilla Band is Holding Hands With Jamie which is ranked number 4328 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 334.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Talkies track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Talkies 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 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  meezus | Top 95 Greatest Music Albums | 14/95 | 81 |
| 2025 |  ssteve | Top 52 Music Albums of 2019 | 35/52 | 2 |
| 2025 |  johnner | Top 27 Music Albums of 2019 | 7/27 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s | 11/99 | 18 |
| 2025 |  Lachapelle | Top 52 Music Albums of 2019 | 44/52 | 1 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 05 | 91/100 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Top 69 Music Albums of 2019 | 4/69 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 252 | |||
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The Talkies ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/13/2026 14:52 | jon5417 | 4,106 | 68/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 06:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2025 14:33 | EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.4/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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The Talkies forum mentions
Purplepash 10/05/2019 08:32 in What album are you listening to right now?The Talkies comments
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johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/26/2019 23:37 | #243103 | TOP COMMENT
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Girl Band are the sort of band for which the term “reinvention of the guitar” seems to have been born for. There is some serious guitar-abuse that harks back to the more out-there noise-outs of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine in extremis and then some.
I can’t make out a word Dara is singing but every primal scream he utters sounds strong enough to strip wallpaper. More importantly, this is the best thing they’ve done so far and likely to be the most original/innovative thing you’ll hear all year.
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