The Lion's Roar
by First Aid Kit
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The Lion's Roar is ranked as the best album by First Aid Kit.
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The Lion's Roar track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Lion's Roar rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 96 Music Albums of 2012 | 27/96 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top Greatest Music Albums 201-300 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 89 Music Albums of 2012 | 84/89 | 0 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 97 Music Albums of 2012 | 18/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Overall 301-400 | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Scandinavian artists | 35/69 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 83/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 167 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 658 | |||
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The Lion's Roar ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/21/2026 15:04 | Goodrump | 64 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 02:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,260 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 02:02 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 275 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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The Lion's Roar forum mentions
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The Lion's Roar comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/20/2016 23:50 | #162269 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the things that makes this Swedish Americana album such a special project is the honesty that sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg bring to their status as musical and geographical outsiders. "Emmylou," while a tribute to the musical love affair between Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons, also touches on the Söderberg sisters' desire to sing Americana harmonies from their native Stockholm. Very poignant, and they pull it off brilliantly.
Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/25/2012 15:00 | #37397 | TOP COMMENT
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Meh. I was expecting a bit more than this. I knew the title track, and it was pretty hopeful. Rest of the album sounds badly produced, and really boring. The amount of reverb on the voices on some tracks is annoying. Lyrics didn't mean much either...It's just stuff we've all heard before.
Bit of a disappointment.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/22/2017 07:30 | #194768 | TOP COMMENT
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Quite low rated this. Basically what Gary and buzzdainer said. Theres nothing generic about the vocal harmonies. They hit points harmony wise that it seems is only possible between siblings and in that aspect very much is reminiscent of the everlys.
ProfessorSquid 04/08/2013 13:48 | #71951 | TOP COMMENT
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I like this a lot. I can see that it wouldn't be everyone's favorite, but its mix of joy and sadness gets me each time.
An absolutely gorgeous album full of excellent songs. You simply can't go wrong with this album. Brilliant record.
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