Plains Of The Purple Buffalo (studio album)
by *Shels
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Plains Of The Purple Buffalo is ranked as the best album by *Shels.
(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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Plains Of The Purple Buffalo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (1 out of 13 tracks have been rated).
Plains Of The Purple Buffalo rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2020 | cronadigallina | Top 96 Music Albums of 2011 | 22/96 | 4 |
| 2011 | Kerrang! | Kerrang!'s Albums Of 2011 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2011 | The Silent Ballet | The Top 100 Releases Of 2011 | 8/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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Plains Of The Purple Buffalo ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2025 21:49 | MrMaximmator | 336 | 58/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2024 19:51 | TonySayers61 | 23,194 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2020 00:08 |  craola | 4,396 | 78/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2019 19:26 |  fume0dm | 2,069 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2016 16:25 |  fractaljazz | 4,291 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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I think this album was a very intense journey thru my fantasy and imagination. It's one of the strongest postrock issues ever
craola 08/11/2014 21:20 | #119254
I need to hear this.
*Edit: Mission accomplished. This is not at all what I was expecting it to be, but it's a good album. It's a little generic and at times terribly redundant, but it's a solid post-rock album.
Necharsian 12/23/2011 04:06 | #33552
It's like a dream.......
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