Idle Labor
by Craft Spells

Idle Labor by Craft Spells
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-03-22
Overall rank: 14,624th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (307th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (3,035th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,624th)

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Overall rank: 14,624th | 2010s rank: 3,035th | 2011 rank: 307th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 25 votes)
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08/09/2025 20:08 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,34865/100
 
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04/14/2025 21:09 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,08479/100
 
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02/06/2025 10:13 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100
 
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01/31/2025 19:45 jnmayles  Ratings distribution  2,10973/100
 
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01/27/2022 19:05 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,89681/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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75/100
From 09/12/2015 03:10 | #149529
Nice 80's throwback album. There's nothing new here in terms of sonic ideas, but the songwriting is great.
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From 12/16/2012 17:42 | #58057
One of 2011's best albums. Clearly influenced by New Order!
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From 05/23/2012 06:50 | #42926
"Party Talk" is perfect.
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From 03/13/2012 23:22 | #38291
A really good album partially ruined by low, hard to understand vocals. The best songs are the ones with the clearest vocals (After The Moment, Your Tomb, Beauty Above All)
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