The Magic Place
by Julianna Barwick
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The Magic Place is ranked as the best album by Julianna Barwick.
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The Magic Place track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2026 09:58 |  Tamthebam | 23,271 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/17/2026 23:21 | Proto | 4,263 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2026 06:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,492 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 19:05 |  DommeDamian | 7,695 | 48/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 14:39 |  LedZep | 5,101 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Gooz 10/25/2014 14:48 | #125321
Very soft. Lovely vocals. (Edited)
CellarDoor 01/24/2012 13:28 | #35794
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julianna_Barwick ?
ffudnebbuh 01/24/2012 13:25 | #35793
Does anyone know anything about her?
ffudnebbuh 01/12/2012 11:40 | #35076 | TOP COMMENT
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This was the album that this reminds me of ( a little)
Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (album) by Bulgarian State Television Female Choir
Heard this for the first time last week, received it as a gift from someone who "thought I might like it" already in my top 10 now, maybe I am being a bit hasty, guess I'll find out :D
ffudnebbuh 01/11/2012 16:02 | #34997 | TOP COMMENT
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Wow, sounds like those Bulgarian female choirs.
CellarDoor 10/05/2011 19:08 | #28056 | TOP COMMENT
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Could be this year's sunny side of "Ravedeath, 1972". With ambient Eno vocals.
This intriguing and enchanting album is a strange hybrid of Enya, Cocteau Twins and Panda Bear. Beautiful mantra-style angelic vocals set against a backdrop of reverb, tape loops and sculpted piano figures, create an ethereal, meditative and austere musical landscape. But this work of art is more than that. The music is also something akin to an abstract sound painting - a personal journey of the imagination. This is the best album of 2011. (Edited)
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