The Main Thing (studio album) by Real Estate

The Main Thing by Real Estate
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-02-28
Overall rank: 15,106th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 48 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2020 (242nd)
Award Top albums of the 2020s (1,108th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,106th)
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Real Estate bestography

The Main Thing is ranked 6th best out of 10 albums by Real Estate on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Real Estate is Days which is ranked number 1609 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,062.

Real Estate album bestography « Higher ranked (14,053rd) This album (15,106th) Lower ranked (68,201st) »
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The Main Thing track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 48 votes)
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07/01/2025 20:47 Igtonumama  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 10,53362/100
 
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01/30/2025 05:18 jnmayles  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,97973/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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60/100
From 04/30/2020 18:45
A nice sounding album to play in the background for some nice indie-pop, but upon deeper listening the lyrics are pretty weak and the songs don't really go anywhere. A big step down from their earlier work.
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From 04/30/2020 09:40
Real Estate know how to push my buttons. Just my kind of laid back indie-pop.
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From 03/06/2020 23:30
Smooth, lush, and easy listening. Happy to hear a change in style for these guys (even if ever so slightly). Certain moments break through the fog throughout the album, notably the proggy guitars. Sometimes I even feel its reminiscent of The Durutti Column (Also A But).

Favorite tracks: Paper Cup, The Main Thing, Friday, Silent World
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