Whole New Mess
by Angel Olsen
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Angel Olsen bestography
Whole New Mess is ranked 6th best out of 11 albums by Angel Olsen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Angel Olsen is My Woman which is ranked number 682 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,519.
(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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Whole New Mess track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Whole New Mess rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Allmusic Best Of 2020 | 3/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 57 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 115 | |||
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Whole New Mess ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/16/2026 14:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,781 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 09:38 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 16:10 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Whole New Mess forum mentions
imacgill 09/24/2025 23:07 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 08/28/2020 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2020-08-24) (week 35, 2020)Whole New Mess comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/28/2020 19:00 | #259883
Ordinarily I’m not a fan of reimagined albums such as this one, however I’m going to make an exception here because its so darn good to point where if it were a stand alone release it would contend for AOTY
A stripped-down gem ‘Whole New Mess’ see’s AO rework 9 tracks from 2019s dense’All Mirrors’ plus include 2 new originals with only her warbling voice and guitar as accompaniment that harkens back to ‘Burn Your Fire For No Witness’ and ‘Strange Cactus’
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/14/2021 14:37 | #268529
I think the original versions are better than most of these. It's a neat sound but I think a lot is lost without as much being gained. "Chance" doesn't have nearly the same impact as I think it does in its other version but "Waving, Smiling" is a nice rendition.
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