Neon Golden
by The Notwist
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Neon Golden is ranked as the best album by The Notwist.
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Neon Golden track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Neon Golden rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 95 Music Albums of 2002 | 53/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 18 Music Albums of 2002 | 11/18 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2002 | 11/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 83/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 34 Music Albums of 2002 | 17/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AleJohnMari | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 57/100 | 42 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Lost At Sea Best Albums 2002 | 5/21 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 232 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,429 | |||
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Neon Golden ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2026 11:39 | Mafedere | 820 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 03:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,785 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2026 11:31 | Liks_on_music | 665 | 81/100 |
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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 78.9/100, 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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Neon Golden forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5409): By bermolder BestEverAlbums 12/01/2025 17:03 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 11/01/2025 16:03 in Monthly overall chart movementsNeon Golden comments
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ShadowColossi 02/13/2016 02:16 | #159522 | TOP COMMENT
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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)
dihansse 03/08/2021 19:58 | #267101 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/02/2019 23:39 | #245313 | TOP COMMENT
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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
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
One year on. I can't remember a single note from these album. Take that as a warning. Hell, I even can't remember what I was on about down there! (Edited)
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