Neon Golden
by The Notwist

Neon Golden by The Notwist
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-01-14
Overall rank: 1,208th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 211 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2002 (19th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (181st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,208th)

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Neon Golden track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,208th | 2000s rank: 181st | 2002 rank: 19th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 211 votes)
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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 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.


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95/100
From 11/20/2025 15:58 | #311754
Neon Golden comes tantalizingly close to perfection; if the title track were swapped out for “Chemicals,” it would be flawless. (Edited)
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75/100
Electronic with some hints of jazz and rock and of course it had inherited at bit from the Krautrock genre so many years ago? Their vintage crackled sounds are still there and so is the music which was also featured on the previous album Shrink. And relistening to this album just makes me realise how good they are also on this album.
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75/100
A completely wonderful album from this German group that has Can influences running through its veins

Sadly not available on major streaming services which is a pity because an album this good deserves a wider audience. However it’s widely available on CD relatively cheaply or YouTube
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Rating:  
90/100
An album that is most comparable to Give Up by The Postal Service, although I think that this has more potential to be a better album, with more complex sounds throughout the album.

Favorite Track: Pick Up the Phone
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Rating:  
95/100
Fantastic record through and through. The sampling is flawless, and the rhythms are interesting and unique enough in each track to keep you listening. One of my favorites. Not sure why the rating is so low... The album has a 79/100 even though the lowest rated song is an 82... (Edited)
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Rating:  
90/100
Great album. Pilot and Pick Up The Phone are fantastic as is the closing track Consequence
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From 02/23/2014 19:30 | #104190
Fantastic
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From 09/26/2012 21:40 | #51262
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From 07/13/2011 22:29 | #24363
You know how you think you have gone into a room and forgot something? This album comes full circle when you think about it.
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