When We Stay Alive
by Poliça
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Poliça bestography
When We Stay Alive is ranked 4th best out of 7 albums by Poliça on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Poliça is Give You The Ghost which is ranked number 16936 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 66.
(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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When We Stay Alive track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
When We Stay Alive rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | panapsal | Top 99 Music Albums of 2020 | 47/99 | 3 |
| 2022 |  ledaero | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2020 | Tonspion | Die 50 besten Alben des Jahres 2020 | 37/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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When We Stay Alive ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/28/2025 02:39 |  imacgill | 2,807 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2024 01:48 | ExTeaSea | 5,231 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2020 12:55 | MarquisMarc | 987 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2020 06:45 | ledaero | 738 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2020 11:02 | videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 65.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.5.
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ledaero 07/21/2020 06:50 | #255921
Poliça's newest album is a powerful and haunting album. Channy Leaneagh suffered from an accident in 2018 that severely damaged her spine and left her immobilized for months, and this album is a reflection of that time. It is a dark meditation of existence and isolation, motherhood and partnership. The static and droning nature of the album is a powerful tonal choice that matches the context of her powerful lyrics. Forget Me Not is one of the best tracks this year.
ExTeaSea 02/01/2020 17:48 | #247388
First purchased album of 2020! Love Poliça just wish they got more praise on this site but it doesn't really matter cuz I'm going to like them either way. After listening to Driving and watching it's weird and spooky music video I just knew they were putting out another solid album.
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