La Brea
by Hesse Kassel
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La Brea is ranked as the best album by Hesse Kassel.
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La Brea track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
La Brea rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  awesomness425 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2025 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Dingerbell | Top 20 Music Albums of 2025 | 6/20 | 4 |
| 2026 | iamthewalrus | Top 50 Music Albums of 2025 | 3/50 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2025 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | ThuramThugood | Chile (CHL) - Ranked | 2/3 | - |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 95 Music Albums of 2025 | 8/95 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2025 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  desh79 | Top 40 Music Albums of 2025 | 33/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2025 | 57/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 111 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/31/2026 11:37 | TonySayers61 | 25,463 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 11:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,556 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 04:40 | cestuneblague | 8,258 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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Purplepash 09/23/2025 02:52 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)La Brea comments
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Album Rating: 72.25
(578/8)
Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - La Brea
01.03.2025
I can understand the Black Midi comparisons. It's long, both in terms of album and individual tracks, some of which, such as 'Moussa' don't really go anywhere in the 13 minutes. There's a lot to like about it though.
1.Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Postparto 76
2.Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Anova 75
3.Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Americana 75
4.Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - En Tiempo Muerto 73
5.Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Moussa 68
6.Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Vida En Terranova 70
7.Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - A. Latur 68
8.Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Yo La Tengo 73
Ranked in order:
* Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Postparto 76
* Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Anova 75
* Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Americana 75
* Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - En Tiempo Muerto 73
* Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Yo La Tengo 73
* Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Vida En Terranova 70
* Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - A. Latur 68
* Hesse Kassel (LB - CHL - Mar 25) - Moussa 68 (Edited)
Very long with not quite enough variation to hold my attention. Each individual track works well across a long timespan but together it is rather monolithic. (Edited)
Oh my god! I wasn't expecting this album to be so epic. It is innovative, well executed, experimental but yet melodic. And the band seem to be a bunch ofteenagers from Chile. Shocked and surprised to say the least, there is a whole mixture of incluences from Black Midi to King Crimson. (Edited)
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