West
by Wooden Shjips
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West is ranked as the best album by Wooden Shjips.
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West track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
West rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 26 Music Albums of 2011 | 9/26 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 70 Music Albums of 2011 | 50/70 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 601-700 | 94/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 75 Music Albums of 2011 | 38/75 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 2011 2nd chart | 7/68 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | December 2022 (deleting) | 91/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 107 | |||
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West ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/11/2025 04:25 | dhbarrett | 8,687 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2024 08:50 | Johnnyo | 9,919 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2022 16:56 |  Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.7.
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pedro1976 04/14/2026 16:08 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 02/12/2026 16:08 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)West comments
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The sleeve photograph can only hint at what this album is. Close your eyes and you are right back in the heart of sixties San Fransico Bay psychedelia. There are nods to Hawkwind in the way the vocals sit in the mix however the psychedelic guitar is much more akin to Country Joe and the Fish/Eric Burdon and the Animals. Really like it!
Is here definitely underrated !
lancashirearab 06/26/2012 06:01 | #45379
More "Grooving off-the-wall psychedelia" from the Shjips.
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