Wilds
by Andy Shauf
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Andy Shauf bestography
Wilds is ranked 5th best out of 7 albums by Andy Shauf on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Andy Shauf is The Party which is ranked number 4756 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 300.
(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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Wilds track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Wilds rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2021 101-200 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 98 Music Albums of 2021 | 45/98 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | notsquib | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 86 Music Albums of 2021 | 63/86 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | Altsoul | Top 15 Music Albums of 2021 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2023 |  Mercury | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  ghosttomost | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | weston | Top 75 Music Albums of 2021 | 51/75 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 29 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2024 02:09 |  DriftingOrpheus | 730 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2023 18:12 |  Tamthebam | 23,384 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2023 12:14 | LosWochos | 47,545 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 7.7.
Wilds forum mentions
Purplepash 09/25/2022 23:57 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 09/24/2021 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2021-09-20) (week 38, 2021)Wilds comments
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/25/2021 22:49 | #274179
(9 tracks, 27 minutes, and gobs of charmingly lazy and very VERY relaxed and slack Indie folk/Pop. I don't know what it is about this little album, but it just vibes with me so damn well.)
Well, this is low-effort pop in the best way. Andy Shauf's vocals throughout this album are slurry and sleepy and tired and I get the sense he has a half smile on his lips and his eyes half open as he delivers these tracks. But the melodies and the very stripped down instrumentals and the way the songwriting sounds so natural and conversational and observational, all the elements come together to make for just a super chill and beautiful listening experience.
With an album so trim, so free of long passages, its important that there are no duds here - as such would stick out like a sore thumb on this tracklist. There are no duds here imo. I think each song is short, insubstantial (again, in a good way) and quick in passing. But there are some highlights, such as the beautiful "Green Glass", or the funny (to me anyway - i always laugh) "Spanish on the Beach", or "Jaywalker" with its dreamy almost psychedelic guitar riff and the walking, loping bass line, or the hypnotic and offbeat "Television Blue", or the sad and somber "Wicked and Wild", and of course the 2 "Wilds" tracks that open and close this album. I just like this album. It feels strangely familiar even on first listen. Very welcoming.
I think there is a concept here, there is a woman named Judy who keeps coming up, etc. I have not put together what the theme or conceptual thru-line is, nor have I tried. Maybe someday I will, but for now this is just a cool, slack ass indie pop singer/songwriter album. And its short and sweet. Highly recommended.
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