Spiral
by Darkside
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Darkside bestography
Spiral is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Darkside on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Darkside is Psychic which is ranked number 1157 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,518.
(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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Spiral track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spiral rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 88 Music Albums of 2021 | 8/88 | 5 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 54 Music Albums of 2021 | 20/54 | 3 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 52 Music Albums of the 2020s | 47/52 | 2 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ammf3 | Top 53 Music Albums of 2021 | 12/53 | 4 |
| 2026 | WayneMC | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | mlgprounicorn | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2021 by Piccadilly Records | 21/55 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 88/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 65 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 217 | |||
Spiral collection
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Spiral ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/21/2026 00:53 | Andrash | 244 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 02:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,717 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 13:10 | TonySayers61 | 26,058 | 64/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
Spiral favourites
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Spiral forum mentions
Purplepash 08/23/2026 10:23 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Purplepash 08/18/2021 05:12 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 07/23/2021 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2021-07-19) (week 29, 2021)View latest topic →
Spiral comments
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HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/27/2021 05:33 | #271962 | TOP COMMENT
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I may need to give this more time, but right now, it's a bit underwhelming. And look, following up Psychic--an album whose greatness has only become clearer with time--was always going to be a daunting, if not insurmountable task. But setting aside how it stacks up to its predecessor, Spiral is an album lacking an ethos. It's stylistically in line with Darkside's previous work, with the same virtuosity and musical imagination that one might expect from the duo. Yet, it often feels directionless and uninterested in its own existence. Hopefully, I'll come around, because I very much want to like this record.
Cargusbralem 08/06/2021 04:00 | #272291 | TOP COMMENT
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Really happy that we have a second Darkside album. The strongest moments are when they go full groove.
Favorites: The Limit, Lawmaker, I'm the Echo.
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