Portamento (studio album)
by The Drums
The Drums bestography
Portamento is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by The Drums on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Drums is The Drums which is ranked number 4863 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 283.
(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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Portamento track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Portamento rankings
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Portamento ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/17/2025 12:26 | TonySayers61 | 23,204 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2025 20:26 | jnmayles | 2,025 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2024 03:33 |  imacgill | 2,552 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2024 18:22 | asimpkins | 2,870 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2022 21:31 | larryrrr | 630 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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This album has some very high highs, some of the best pop-rock songs of the decade. As a live band they seemed unique and full of neurotic energy like a 60s mod pop band. I wore these songs out for about a year and saw them live three times.
Secondsoul 12/17/2012 13:38 | #58130
Not as successful as their debut but every bit as good. In fact, I think I like this better than their last album!
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