Ultra Mono
by Idles
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Idles bestography
Ultra Mono is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by Idles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Idles is Joy As An Act Of Resistance. which is ranked number 531 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,246.
(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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Ultra Mono track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ultra Mono rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 14/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 40 Music Albums of 2020 | 9/40 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Dankel | Top 60 Music Albums of 2020 | 44/60 | 1 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 7/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 401-500 | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 53 Music Albums of the 2020s | 8/53 | 17 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 57/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 196 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 723 | |||
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Ultra Mono ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/24/2026 11:25 |  Dingerbell | 4,145 | 62/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 11:39 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2026 23:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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Ultra Mono forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5373): By desh79 BestEverAlbums 09/25/2020 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2020-09-21) (week 39, 2020)Ultra Mono comments
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Mr Motivator and Grounds are bangers. The rest of the album is a lot weaker than their previous album, Joy As An Act of Resistance. (Edited)
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/16/2021 15:13 | #267407 | TOP COMMENT
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Good sounds but I can't stand the lyrics for the most part. I wish I didn't speak english so I could enjoy this album. Comes off as corny to me and lacks subtlety. (Edited)
cestuneblague TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/08/2021 05:56 | #264019 | TOP COMMENT
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Maybe just with old age but I've been become averse to the modern cram-it-down throat messaging, especially in these interconnected gotta-make-a-statement days, but the special intensity of Idles music made their spray-it-on-the-eyes lyrical approach and odd, sometimes clunky rhyming patterns feel rather necessary. But now... eh. The comparitively milquetoast sound not only makes this feel like a rather lumbering and frequently dis-engaging record, but now their message really just starts to feel like sermonizing pap. Not that the actual message is bad at all, just that it starts to (perhaps unintentionally) feel both tedious and rather forced when backed by these rather forgettable and incredibly mild-by-Idles-standards arrangements. A major dissapointment.
Keatownrodriguez 12/28/2020 02:19 | #263324
One of the most intense lyrically on point punk records I've heard in a long time
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/19/2020 19:07 | #262945
Not really my thing, but lyrically, one of the most interesting punk records in a long while. Plus, the production and performances are next level great.
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