Imaginal Disk
by Magdalena Bay

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay
Year: 2024
Release date: 2024-08-23
Overall rank: 692nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
83/100 (from 253 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 2024 (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of the 2020s (10th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (692nd)

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Magdalena Bay bestography

Imaginal Disk is ranked as the best album by Magdalena Bay.

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This album (692nd)
Imaginal Disk
Lower ranked (1,368th) »
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Imaginal Disk track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Imaginal Disk rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 692nd | 2020s rank: 10th | 2024 rank: 1st
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 20 Music Albums of 20241/205
2026 AwaitingAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 2020s97/1000
2026SD100852Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s38/1008
2026 sageamagooTop 99 Greatest Music Albums39/9961
2026 KeatownrodriguezTop 69 Music Albums of the 2020s4/6911
2026 katerpillarTop 99 Greatest Music Albums15/9986
2026 katerpillarTop 27 Music Albums of the 2020s6/2710
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s3/10012
2026 Tha1ChiefRockaTop 25 Music Albums of the 2020s1/2512
2026maxacareTop 100 Music Albums of the 2020s2/10012
2026 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of the 2020s49/1006
2026 RhynerTop 17 Music Albums of the 2020s15/172
2026boppareTop 30 Music Albums of 20246/304
2026 AvalancheGripsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums7/10093
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 100 Music Albums of 20248/1005
2026blueandthemoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 2020s58/1005
2026 PasticheTop 30 Music Albums of the 2020s25/302
2026araidernomoreTop 36 Music Albums of the 2020s5/3611
2026Cheboygan74Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s89/1001
2026pago82Top 60 Music Albums of 20249/604
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 288
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 2,507
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Average Rating: 
83/100 (from 253 votes)
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03/09/2026 19:47 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,97270/100
 
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03/08/2026 20:04 Agent007  Ratings distribution  2395/100
 
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03/07/2026 13:14 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,70351/100
 
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02/27/2026 19:00 Map  Ratings distribution  49981/100
 
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02/24/2026 03:03 stareaterogni0n  Ratings distribution  34672/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.8/100, a mean average of 82.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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From 01/17/2026 21:45 | #312680
Been a fan since a year after Mercurial World came out. So I was not expecting anything this amazing. I was expecting another Madonna influenced album but what we got is completely original and not conventional. The whole album is lush front to back, very beautiful and interesting melodies. Easily in my top 50 albums of all time but I expect it to grow on me with more listens. Definitely my favorite album of the decade so far
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From 07/06/2025 16:24 | #309930
A bit like Marmite, you probably either love it or hate it. Personally, I think the album is amazing.
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90/100
From 05/25/2025 01:51 | #309129
Not what I'm used to listen to but very enjoyable, some of the songs are now in my playlist, recommended.
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From 01/19/2025 05:16 | #307082
Don't like her voice. Sounds weird, like a kid singing.
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95/100
From 01/01/2025 21:39 | #306757
This album is so much above anything I’d previously heard, it has just made me find sites like this and vote for it it’s a revelation in musical history.
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From 12/28/2024 23:09 | #306675
Magdalena Bay blew me away and I did not see it coming at all. Imaginal Disk gets better with each listen and is likely to increase in score over time. Easily album of the year. Possibly album of the decade so far. I also cannot recall a better recent sequence of songs than the last three songs on Imaginal Disk. Poetic, tender and empowering. They remind me so much of so many of my favourite artists (such as Pink Floyd, Grimes, Let's Eat Grandma) yet are completely their own sound.
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65/100
From 12/05/2024 15:48 | #306378
The production on "Imaginal Disk" is immaculate. Each instrument sounds so full and enveloping, rich to the ear. The transitions are seamless. The entire album flows without a singular hiccup. Besides the phenomenal groundwork, it feels strangely empty. "Imaginal Disk" certainly has great tracks, like "Image" but lacks an iconic moment. The whole record builds to a climax that isn't there. An experience that is equally impressive and aimless.
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100/100
From 10/20/2024 02:17 | #305713
An incredible musical journey and neo-psychedelic experience, either ? or ?. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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95/100
From 10/15/2024 15:59 | #305668
After an extraordinary debut album, Magdalena Bay have outdone themselves by churning out a simply spectacular album, certainly the best of 2024. The quality and level of most of the songs is light years ahead of the average of various international productions of recent years. I foresee a bright future for these two artists. Chapeau!
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85/100
From 10/13/2024 17:22 | #305644
It doesn't have any hit songs (none are melodically developed enough for that), but it is still nicely done and there is a consistency to the tracks and their sequence. The style is very close to Blondie meets Alvvays meets PJ Harvey: Indi-Pop/Synthpop/New Wave. The album sounds like it was produced in the late 80s. A relaxing listen. 8.5/10!
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