Mogwai Young Team
by Mogwai
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Mogwai Young Team track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Mogwai Young Team rankings summary
Overall rank: 924th | 1990s rank: 170th | 1997 rank: 19th 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 |
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| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 41 Music Albums of 1997 | 32/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 5/90 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 12/93 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 18 Music Albums of 1997 | 14/18 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | UnliveableWilts | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 71/100 | 28 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 13/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 376 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,880 | |||
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| ! | 08/04/2026 15:25 |  Milhaud | 2,156 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 15:12 |  Tamthebam | 23,337 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 20:09 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
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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 79.6/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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BestEverAlbums 07/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5384): By ssteve
BestEverAlbums 07/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5384): By ssteve“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1980) 2. by (1999) 3. by (2000) 4. (1974) 5. by by (1988) 7. by (2005) 8. by (1972) 9. by (1992) 10. by by by (2013) 14. by (2015) 15. by (2010) 16. by by (1998) 18. by (2009) 19. by (1994) 22. by (1997) 26. by by (1974) 28. by…”
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Rhyner 12/04/2025 00:01 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
Rhyner 12/04/2025 00:01 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition“(1) I seem to remember that years ago one of my buddies was really into Mogwai, so surely I heard this album at some point, probably multiple times, back in the day. But it did not stick in my memory. And even now, having listened to it again several times over the course of a few days, it's still…”
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Untitled 03/06/2022 11:24 | #282377
A very strong first half but the second half does lack the punch of the opening tracks. There is a lot of great material on here and while it can get confused amongst the weaker stuff it still shines through on tracks like Tracy. You can picture the vibe and atmosphere they are going for pretty well and they do pull it off to a reasonable extent which creates a very nice album to chill to. That would be the main reason for coming back to this record as it is just so relaxing and easy to listen to that it would be perfect for unwinding. However, it does struggle in terms of quality and depth to keep me engaged for the full run time which does run a little too long as well. Overall, a good post rock album with some great cuts on here but there are better albums in the genre to explore before this one.
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TimothyTurner 02/21/2018 08:22 | #209064 | TOP COMMENT
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TimothyTurner 02/21/2018 08:22 | #209064 | TOP COMMENT
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Generally a really pleasant listen. Sadly I see tons and tons of unused potential in some of these songs (especially on some on the material in the Deluxe Edition, which I purchased).
While there are a few really amazing gems on here, (mainly "R U Still In 2 It?" and "Tracy", but I also enjoy "Like Herod" and "Mogwai Fear Satan" a lot) many songs aren't developed enough to stand on their own.
While enjoyable, they like to linger too long on one part, without offering much of a pay-off or a development of those musical ideas.
One of the best examples for this is "Young Face Gone Wrong", the first song from the second disk of the Deluxe Version.
It sports a truly amazing melody, which doesn't go anywhere. It just hurts seeing the potential for something I could LOVE, but it going to waste...
...so that song is basically this record in a nutshell.
also: I noticed that the remastered version, which I bought was mixed with EXTREME overbearing low-end. Had to manually adjust the levels on all of those tracks down by about 4dB I'm guessing from top of the head, to get into managable territorys.
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MaurizioMinazzi 04/15/2017 11:02 | #189342 | TOP COMMENT
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I haven't listened to this album in years, I almost forgot how wonderful it is, sometimes it's so beautiful it makes me want to cry. Fav tracks: Tracy, R u Still in 2 it.
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OurLastBreathe 03/29/2015 17:33 | #138151
their best!
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louisjwyatt 02/14/2015 19:21 | #134949
louisjwyatt 02/14/2015 19:21 | #134949
The first half was mind-blowing. The second half kind of bored me. I'm definitely going to give it a few more spins though. The overall sound is wonderful.
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