An Awesome Wave
by alt-J
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An Awesome Wave 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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| ! | 3 days ago | robertoveltri | 878 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 16:08 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 18:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,354 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 17:33 | Svelte8 | 1,866 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 12:16 | TheWongs | 812 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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Been years since I listened to this record.
Still as strong.
Good album.
Cracking album with unique vocal - seen it described as Folktronica. Only got to it in 2021 so need to follow up on this to check their sound out further
What a unique sound - don't even know how to describe it, you'll just have to listen for yourself. My highlights are Dissolve Me, Bloodflood and Something Good. Very consistent album - no filler tracks.
This album has a lot a lot of fun and quirky moments that will make you want to come back for more. Songs like Breezeblocks and Something Good really demonstrate how sonically pleasing the record can be. The vocal is very unique and while it can be annoying in places it is also incredible at certain points. Atmospherically, it creates a joyful but relaxed vibe which is consistently maintained. It can feel a little slow at times as well and some tracks do feel like filler. Overall. a pretty good album that shows a lot of potential for the future.
Puzzlr 11/05/2020 16:16 | #260213
One of the best british indie albums of all time, with very unique vocals.
Top tracks:
- Intro
- Tesselate
- Breezeblocks
- Something Good
- Dissolve Me
- Taro
Such a great, consistent, original and refreshing record ! I really think it should be rated better than 78/100.
It is growing like a wave, to finish on the amazing Taro, my favourite track on the album. No filler.
Standouts: Tessellate, Breezeblock, Fitzpleasure, Taro.
Montpejo 09/19/2019 02:23 | #242792
Highlights:
Breezeblocks
Taro
Tessellate
Something Good
Matilda
Intro
Fitzpleasure
Ms
An awesome wave is based on dreamy atmosphere and liltly vocals. The effect is very sweet but sometimes it comes on a little to strong.
LebowskiRams 04/29/2019 21:25 | #235646
Pleasantly surprised. Not meaning that I expected shit, but fairly worthy of the hype it gets. Enjoyable experience.
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