Real Estate
by Real Estate

Real Estate by Real Estate
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-11-17
Overall rank: 5,370th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 75 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (97th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (924th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,370th)

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Real Estate bestography

Real Estate is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Real Estate on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Real Estate is Days which is ranked number 1614 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,069.

Real Estate album bestography « Higher ranked (2,493rd)
Atlas
This album (5,370th)
Real Estate
Lower ranked (9,635th) »
In Mind

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Real Estate track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Real Estate rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,370th | 2000s rank: 924th | 2009 rank: 97th  Overall chart history
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Real Estate ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 75 votes)
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12/11/2025 16:00 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,32870/100
 
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05/24/2024 07:44 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,11281/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.


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90/100
This album is nice to listen, but most songs are soooo overrated. 8/10.
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90/100
Real Estate fill the vast void left by the disbandment of Galaxie 500. Their songs are like long lost friends or perhaps more apt a faded, thread bear sweater that becomes more comfortable with age. They have an unapologetically preppy & collegiate vibe to them that reeks of lazy summers spent at the shore while other kids are pulling in minimum wage. And I'm fine with that. They live a slackers life from being overprivileged and their music politely hums that they do not have a care in the world. Theirs is the life that I want to live.

This is their debut. And already their signature sound is firmly in place and sounds well lived in. The album is not perfect as there is some filler most noticeably Let's Rock The Beach, but it's a very impressive & confident debut. A fantastic jangle pop album that has weathered their huge rise in popularity quite well.

Grade: A-. These kids know how to test. It's not nearly as good as their subsequent albums, but it's pretty vital & a very welcome part of their discog.
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90/100
Sure, this is them in their lo-fi beginnings but damn, even back then they could put together a superb record.
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Solid album although I think it drags a little bit at the end
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From 06/09/2015 22:18 | #143412
r8 8/8
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This album is pure joy. I think it's better than Atlas by a mile.
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90/100
From 03/01/2014 21:22 | #105020
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