Animal Joy
by Shearwater
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Shearwater bestography
Animal Joy is ranked 6th best out of 13 albums by Shearwater on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Shearwater is Jet Plane And Oxbow which is ranked number 7225 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 180.
(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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Animal Joy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Animal Joy rankings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 80 Music Albums of 2012 | 40/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2012 | 18/51 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (64.71-64.17), #001-100* | 30/95 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Owl 50 Best Albums of 2012 | 43/50 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0201-0300* | 26/99 | - |
| 2024 |  buzzdainer | Top 99 Music Albums of 2012 | 48/99 | 3 |
| 2023 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2023 | FieryGunHand | Top 50 Music Albums of 2012 | 48/50 | 0 |
| 2023 |  HoldenM | Top 35 Music Albums of 2012 | 11/35 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 48 | |||
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Animal Joy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/12/2026 14:18 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2025 12:25 |  Milhaud | 2,161 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2023 02:18 | LT22 | 272 | 86/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.8.
Animal Joy forum mentions
paladisiac 11/08/2012 22:18 in What album are you listening to right now?Animal Joy comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2013 16:14 | #59795
More majestic, soaring vocals out of shearwater on this release. In hindsight, it seems "Rook" was the apex of the shearwater career, but this is still quite a beautiful sounding indie rock album, spacious and breathtaking in fleeting moments, with a darkly beautiful gem in "you as you were".
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