Tragedy
by Julia Holter

Album
Tragedy by Julia Holter
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-08-30
Overall rank: 4,039th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 84 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (94th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (712th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,039th)

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Julia Holter bestography

Tragedy is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by Julia Holter on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Julia Holter is Have You In My Wilderness which is ranked number 599 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,804.

Julia Holter album bestography « Higher ranked (2,753rd)
Ekstasis This album (4,039th)
Tragedy Lower ranked (5,096th) »
Something In The Room She Moves

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Tragedy track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Try To Make Yourself A Work Of Art
Average Rating: 78 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Falling Age
Average Rating: 77 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
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Goddess Eyes
Average Rating: 77 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
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Celebration
Average Rating: 78 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
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So Lillies
Average Rating: 74 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
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Finale
Average Rating: 82 (25 votes)Comments: View 2

Tragedy rankings

Tragedy rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,039th | 2010s rank: 712th | 2011 rank: 94th  Overall chart history
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Tragedy forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourt
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1980) 2. by by (1967) 4. by (1970) 5. by (1996) 6. by (2004) 7. (2025) 9. by (1978) 10. by (1990) 11. by (1979) 12. (2010) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1968) 15. by (1967) 16. by by by (1965) 19. by by (1969) 21. by by by (1983) 24. by…”
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From revolver94 02/10/2020 18:00 in Best solo female albums of the 2010s?
“Some great suggestions from Hayden, I'd add (all from my top 20 of the decade):”
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From baystateoftheart 11/11/2019 18:55 in Get To Know A Top 10: November 2019 Thread - revolver94
“I love Loud City Song, Have You In My Wilderness, and Aviary, so I was excited to check this out. It's very good as expected, but not quite as engaging as any of those three. There are more ambient/drone elements and less avant-pop. It's a lot less musically dense than her later work, although…”
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From 06/04/2012 02:07 | #43729 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Evoking dream-pop atmospherics and an undercurrent of psychedelia, Holter expands upon the aesthetics of Julianna Barwick's 'The Magic Place', to create an album that in many ways is not unlike a postmodern amalgam of 'Desertshore', 'Lorca' and 'Rock Bottom'. The sound of piano and harpsicord allied to dense minimilistic electronic drones, techno beats and angelic vocals that seem to drift as if suspended from gravity, result in a unique cosmic-ambient work of extraordinary emotional depth and beauty.
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From 06/25/2016 18:19 | #169814 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
so far it's contender for the best album of the 10's. It really does play, like a play. It unfolds each scene with its own theme. The bedroom aesthetic is authentic, original and makes the lo-fi art pop musique concrete more convincing. Favorite album of the 10's so far.
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From 11/29/2020 05:16 | #261617
P. d. La versión con Introduction e Interlude es mejor.
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Belleza.
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