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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 02:42 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 02:02 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 272 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2026 13:26 | Leginlists | 3,786 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:24 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:25 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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VictorVale 09/06/2022 20:24 | #289436
Não muito inovador, mas muito bem feito. Gostoso de ouvir.
These Swedish sisters sing so beautiful together. Also a very good live performance.
This is their best album so far, however Stay Gold is also a nice one.
Best songs: Emmylou and the title track
And now Sarah Klang has taken over after First Aid Kit did Second and Third Aid Kits.
It's a promise! "Love In The Milky Way" is pure gold in this genre...
Graeme2 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.
An absolutely gorgeous album full of excellent songs. You simply can't go wrong with this album. Brilliant record.
buzzdainer 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.
Mophos 11/16/2013 18:26 | #92941
Swedish charm. Irrefutable.
zdwyatt 10/23/2013 19:03 | #89006
It's woodsy folk with lush harmonies that more readily evoke Boone, North Carolina than Stockholm's suburbs.
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 outstanding album. A little top heavy as the first 4 songs a very strong and there's nothing until the last track that's quite on that level. That being said, best Americana album of the year by far.
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