The English Riviera
by Metronomy

The English Riviera by Metronomy
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-04-08
Overall rank: 1,654th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 253 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (34th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (261st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,654th)

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The English Riviera is ranked as the best album by Metronomy.

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The English Riviera
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The English Riviera rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,654th | 2010s rank: 261st | 2011 rank: 34th
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2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s62/1008
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 20119/1005
2026joathomeTop 82 Music Albums of 20111/825
2026 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 201135/502
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s44/10011
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)91/100 -
2026wizardalienGreatest Albums 101-20098/100 -
2025FritzTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s94/1001
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 201174/1001
2025SD100852Top 22 Music Albums of 20112/225
2025jnmaylesTop 100 Greatest Music Albums18/10079
2025 EyeKanFlyTop 77 Music Albums of 201148/772
2025HyggevinylTop 52 Music Albums of 201128/522
2025cicadelicMonarchie & Alltag: Alben des Jahres 201121/40 -
2025joathomeTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s10/10018
2025 paladisiac2010s 65rating (64.09-63), #001-10020/97 -
2025 paladisiactop 65r albums (64), #0601-0700*28/65 -
2025cicadelicThe Word Magazine Best Albums 201112/43 -
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s43/10012
2025MrumpTop 17 Music Albums of 20114/174
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 186
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,025
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The English Riviera ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 253 votes)
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01/24/2026 12:09 haz215  Ratings distribution  11473/100
 
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12/29/2025 23:45 Dovahkin  Ratings distribution  4274/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:27 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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12/07/2025 21:34 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47180/100
 
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02/20/2025 14:27 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,73982/100

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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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50/100
From 01/26/2022 12:30 | #280110
First half is great, second half is very forgettable. Overall - good. The Look, Everything Goes My Way and We Broke Free are my favourites.
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85/100
From 01/17/2016 20:20 | #156859
Definitely their best so far
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90/100
From 04/13/2014 05:04 | #109136
A very enjoyable album.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 09/29/2013 16:08 | #87157
Agree with Covecove. They're definitely a good band, saw them open for Coldplay and they were great, great energy and a great show. The Look and The Bay are great and at least the first half of them album is very good.
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70/100
From 08/11/2011 23:29 | #26123
Phenomenal first half of the album, stylized electro pop perfectly executed with a great mix of voices and really interesting arangements, the second half is not as brilliant although it stills has a lot of class...
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