Costello Music
by The Fratellis
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Costello Music is ranked as the best album by The Fratellis.
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Costello Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Costello Music rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 81 Music Albums of 2006 | 69/81 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 28 Music Albums of 2006 | 18/28 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 20 Music Albums of 2006 | 6/20 | 4 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 46 Music Albums of 2006 | 7/46 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 69 Music Albums of 2006 | 63/69 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 80 Music Albums of 2006 | 14/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 60 Music Albums of 2006 | 19/60 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 157 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 514 | |||
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Costello Music ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/15/2026 02:32 |  imacgill | 2,862 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 23:50 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 04:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,930 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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Costello Music forum mentions
Romanelli 03/03/2024 17:43 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2023 17:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2023 BestEverAlbums 11/01/2023 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - October 2023Costello Music comments
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A fantastic party album. The Fratelli's reputation seriously nose dived after this record, but that shouldn't take away the sense of enormous fun to be had here. Great stuff. (Edited)
It kind of reminds me of earlier Arctic Monkeys, especially since they started in the same year. I don’t think it succeeds to the same level Arctic Monkeys does, but it’s still solid music. Nothing special, just good. (Edited)
Brilliant album jam packed full of fun quirky pop rock tunes. Loved it when it came out and every track still sounds great now (Edited)
This is an underrated classic. Every track is wonderful, and it is fun to a tee.
Matteo92 12/31/2014 14:57 | #130526 | TOP COMMENT
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I agree IN PART with Paladisiac's comment. What you say is true BUT they managed to write an album full of cool songs, not masterpieces, note, but NICE songs. And Chelsea Dagger, Henrietta and Flathead and probably some others were all used for some spots meaning that it works. I don't completely like it, I mean, each song is in its way likeable, but IMO, it doesn't represent an "indie" album in its original sense, just like last Arctic Monkeys album.
A 7/10
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