Boys & Girls
by Alabama Shakes
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Alabama Shakes bestography
Boys & Girls is ranked 2nd best out of 3 albums by Alabama Shakes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Alabama Shakes is Sound & Color which is ranked number 1874 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 905.
(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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Boys & Girls track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Boys & Girls rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Filter México Los mejores discos del 2012 | 1/29 | - |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 97 Music Albums of 2012 | 75/97 | 1 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 21 Music Albums of 2012 | 18/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 29 Music Albums of 2012 | 12/29 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vibrations (CH) Les meilleurs disques 2012 | 10/20 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 42 Music Albums of 2012 | 22/42 | 3 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | tyleraepps | Top 17 Music Albums of 2012 | 6/17 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 214 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 825 | |||
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Boys & Girls ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/06/2026 02:54 |  covecove | 6,743 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 02:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,536 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 23:45 |  Cheddar | 428 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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Boys & Girls forum mentions
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Boys & Girls comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/20/2013 20:14 | #76741 | TOP COMMENT
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They do the rootsy/bluesy rock thing well. Sadly, it's been done before. I don't see how these guys are massively different from Blues Traveler in the 90s or the original artists (Big Brother and Holding Company comes to mind) from 60s and 70s.
It's taken me a lot of listens to get into this album but its starting to grow on me now. Will never be an album that I listen to that much but not bad. Stand out track; You Ain't Alone.
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2013 01:48 | #80828 | TOP COMMENT
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Alabama Shakes is good. Very good. And this album is near perfect. This is Alabama Shakes’ debut album and I am thoroughly happy that a band like this has come into existence. They are about as intense as you can be singing southern rock/blues. Lead singer Brittany Howard has a voice that could bring down a fortress and an intensity that makes death metal seem like lounge music. To put it lightly, she really gets into it. The music is great, the album is great, there isn’t a whole lot more to say other than go get this album now. And see them live. I did, and it was incredibly good.
NubbinBased 02/19/2013 04:21 | #65481 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm going to have to agree with martintho. It's a great album on the first listen, but it's never going to get much better than that. With that being said, I really hope the band chooses the right direction for where they want their sound to be in the future. It all depends on if they want to be a Dawes/Lynyrd Skynyrd knockoff or if they want to go over the top like they did on that AMAZING 7" that came with the album. It may depend on the type of producer they go with for the next album... COUGHJACKWHITECOUGH
meruizh 03/15/2013 19:46 | #68459 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm surprise not to see this album at least in the top 10, with a mediocre year as 2012 in music, this albums deserves a top 10 spot. It's not a magnificent album, but its original, has some great tunes, and Brittany Howard has an astonishing voice! Looking forward for their follow-up
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