The Turning Wheel
by Spellling
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The Turning Wheel is ranked as the best album by Spellling.
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The Turning Wheel track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Turning Wheel rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ya joking? Should've been higher! 2020s edition | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 20 Music Albums of the 2020s | 18/20 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Davy | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of the 2020s | 39/90 | 12 |
| 2026 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 12 Music Albums of 2021 | 5/12 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | jtrizzle35 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 31 Music Albums of 2021 | 17/31 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 194 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,171 | |||
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The Turning Wheel ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2026 10:31 | Tamthebam | 23,320 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 11:38 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 12:07 | cronadigallina | 2,984 | 67/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Forum mentions
albummaster 01/31/2026 10:21 in Year Change Notices
CharlieBarley 03/21/2023 14:37 in What album are you listening to right now?
Jboy56 05/13/2022 13:55 in What album are you listening to right now?The Turning Wheel comments
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I like this album quite a bit. Cabral's vocals range from good to awesome, and the instrumentation is often pretty great with some nice orchestral and jazzy sections, but the album also gets dark and broody at points too. Probably an unpopular opinion, but I really can't stand Magic Act, mainly due to the guitar solo, which, to me, falls short of virtuosic and has such a harsh tone. (Edited)
“The Turning Wheel” appears to have all the necessary parts of a successful art pop album. Spelling sings in a flighty and unique tone. The song topics are diverse and clearly of extreme personal importance. A song about a penguin, “Emperor With An Egg”, is put right before a 7 minute track grappling with emotions from being bullied, “Boys At School”. The instrumentation is smooth blend of strings, horns, and synths. Beside all of these ingredients, the album feels a bit flat. Each track will introduce a topic and linger in the same feeling. There is no explosion of sounds or surge of vocals to bring it to the next level. Tracks come and go with the same lukewarm energy level. “The Turning Wheel” has strong concepts, they just need to be harnessed with greater force.
If this album was just the first 7 tracks, it would be album of the decade material. Sadly, the last 5 tracks are incredibly dull.
Brad1770 10/10/2021 09:12 | #274844
Chrystia Caberal AKA Spellling (three L’s) has released an ambitious album that covers vast music territory. The obvious first touch point is the Beatlesque album highlight “Turning Wheel” followed by Janelle Monae’s futuristic masterpiece “The ArchAndroid” infused throughout. Solid enough with some genuine highlights but at 57 minutes probably could have been trimmed by a track or two
mdbaxter 09/20/2021 14:27 | #273987
Creative and original album that sounds something like theatre-pop-rock. Very intricately crafted with a wide variety of different sounds. I can't put my finger on it but it comes off as a little too niche for me. I love the penguin song but ultimately, the album as a whole doesn't blow me away.
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