In Waves
by Jamie xx
Jamie xx bestography
In Waves is ranked 2nd best out of 2 albums by Jamie xx on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jamie xx is In Colour which is ranked number 666 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,590.
(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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In Waves track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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In Waves ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 01/13/2026 02:39 |  rkjones10 | 4,881 | 59/100 | |
| 01/06/2026 18:07 | bjorndedrij | 137 | 62/100 | |
| 01/05/2026 04:16 |  Kingturtle | 7,533 | 73/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 16:50 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 | |
| 12/26/2025 17:06 | maxacare | 373 | 68/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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It was a solid follow up. I'd draw parrallels to this and A.A.L's (Against All Logic) follow up album. It's solid, but the first one was so great that I've set the bar too high. It's good Jamie xx sound, but this feels like b-sides from the first album rather than a cohesive project, unique take, or amplification of the prior work.
HoldenM 12/06/2024 02:01 | #306383
It's so crazy that this album was met with a collective shrug. In no way is it a meaningful step down from In Colour. Seeing Jamie xx able to breathe and let loose to this degree is thrilling with one compelling experiment after another. In Waves is as punchy and catchy as they come.
ChlebHead 10/03/2024 16:42 | #305516
In my opinion, this album sounds like happy white noise. I don’t hate the album but I don’t like it either, what I do like is the album cover and All You Children. Give it a listen if you’re into electro-pop
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