A Promise
by Xiu Xiu
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A Promise is ranked as the best album by Xiu Xiu.
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A Promise track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Promise rankings
A Promise rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,180th | 2000s rank: 534th | 2003 rank: 65th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 28 Music Albums of 2003 | 23/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 56 Music Albums of 2003 | 20/56 | 3 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 25 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2003 | 4/69 | - |
| 2026 |  ForegroundNoise | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/50 | 7 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 35 Music Albums of 2003 | 24/35 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 64 Music Albums of 2003 | 50/64 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 86 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 479 | |||
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| ! | 07/03/2026 20:31 | Helios | 6,259 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 15:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,826 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2026 07:05 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/30/2012 21:42 | #43301 | TOP COMMENT
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Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/30/2012 21:42 | #43301 | TOP COMMENT
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Why does this have to have such a fucked up album cover....Great album.
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johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/01/2014 16:58 | #108253 | TOP COMMENT
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johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/01/2014 16:58 | #108253 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is the definition of a slow-burner which just gets better with each listen. It is brilliant.
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Kurtco TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/05/2019 18:50 | #233108 | TOP COMMENT
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Xiu Xiu was formed in 2000 in California by Cory McCullough, Yvonne Chen, Lauren Andrews and Jamie Stewart, Stewart becoming the sole master on board over the years; which does not prevent Xiu Xiu from sailing between unbridled noise rock and sophisticated electro. Xiu Xiu's sound is a mix of clear-sounding percussion, mega-synths, dance-to-hell rhythms, melodies and vocals by Jamie Stewart. The opener "Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl" is misleading in many ways, it attracts us with a nice guitar melody, before being joined by a floating synth work and Jamie's vocals. The greatest strength of the album is the ability to go from ugly to beautiful in seconds, in a litany of different ways. As I listen to this album more and more, this work continues to reveal things to me. It's an album that gives me the feeling of being completely naked, only alive and human. The most beautiful moments are: the sudden explosion of synths in "Apistat Commander", the fall in seconds of all instruments in "Sad-Redux-O-Grapher", the way "Blacks" makes you want to dance on a confused synth melody that lasts only 10 seconds. This 2nd album is for me the best album of Xiu Xiu although "Fabulous Muscles" is really excellent.
10/10
Best track: "Apistat Commander"
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kieranthewalrus 10/26/2023 19:32 | #299641 | TOP COMMENT
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I don't like this album, but I do respect it as a subversive piece of uncomfortably personal art. Unfortunately, the only track I would even consider listening to again is Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl. The rest just kind of gives me a headache and makes me sad at the same time. (Edited)
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11/11/2013 21:18 | #91919 | TOP COMMENT
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I want to listen to this but the album cover is so hideous and I'm scared of having it on my chart if I end up really loving it.
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