Cowards (studio album)
by Squid (2020s)

Cowards by Squid (2020s)
Year: 2025
Release date: 2025-02-07
Overall rank: 6,718th
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 106 votes)
  
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Award Top albums of the 2020s (401st)
Award Best albums of all time (6,718th)

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Squid (2020s) bestography

Cowards is ranked 3rd best out of 4 albums by Squid (2020s) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Squid (2020s) is Bright Green Field which is ranked number 1188 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,465.

Squid (2020s) album bestography « Higher ranked (4,546th)
O Monolith
This album (6,718th)
Cowards
Lower ranked (30,154th) »
Town Centre

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Cowards track list

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Overall rank: 6,718th | 2020s rank: 401st | 2025 rank: 21st

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71/100 (from 106 votes)
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From 12/24/2025 19:50 | #312299
To absolutely no one's surprise, Squid continues to be the premier post punk band churning out great records these days. What a gift Cowards is.
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From 02/17/2025 11:48 | #307629
Album Rating: 78.78
(709/9)

Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Cowards

07.02.2025

More British experimental post-punk from Brighton's finest.

You could put your fist through it...if you wanted to.

Sits between 2021s 'Bright Green Field' and the brilliant 'O Monolith' from 2023 for me, Clive. Sarcastically dark, like goading a stoat on a winter's walk (evening).

1.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Crispy Skin 81
2.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Building 650. 74
3.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Blood On The Boulders 77
4.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Fieldworks I. 77
5.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Fieldworks II. 80
6.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Cro-Magnon Man 74
7.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Cowards 79
8.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Showtime! 86
9.Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Well Met (Fingers Through The Fence) 81

Ranked in order:

* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Showtime! 86
* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Crispy Skin 81
* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Well Met (Fingers Through The Fence) 81
* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Fieldworks II. 80
* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Cowards 79
* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Blood On The Boulders 77
* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Fieldworks I. 77
* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Cro-Magnon Man 74
* Squid (2020s) (Cowards - UK - Feb 25) - Building 650. 74
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