Imaginal Disk
by Magdalena Bay
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Imaginal Disk is ranked as the best album by Magdalena Bay.
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Imaginal Disk track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2026 01:02 | henrygreen0203 | 870 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2026 20:02 | Rayzer6 | 1,603 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 10:33 |  flamingyesdept | 2,940 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 12:20 | TonySayers61 | 25,011 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 00:00 | martintho | 4,719 | 75/100 |
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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 82.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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C_Krug2009 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
Igtonumama 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.
katerpillar 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.
InsanityPrawnBoy 01/19/2025 05:16 | #307082
Don't like her voice. Sounds weird, like a kid singing.
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.
grohly 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.
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.
An incredible musical journey and neo-psychedelic experience, either ? or ?. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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!
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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