So Much For The City
by The Thrills
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So Much For The City is ranked as the best album by The Thrills.
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So Much For The City track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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So Much For The City rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,215th | 2000s rank: 1,061st | 2003 rank: 120th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 22 Music Albums of 2003 | 21/22 | 0 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 32 Music Albums of 2003 | 18/32 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 60 Music Albums of 2003 | 18/60 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Non UK/US | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 56 Music Albums of 2003 | 40/56 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1101-1200 | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 2003 | 3/59 | 5 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Irish Albums | 19/23 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 80 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 215 | |||
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| ! | 08/10/2026 01:47 |  imacgill | 2,842 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 09:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,670 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2026 18:57 | Jakor | 5,545 | 70/100 |
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Romanelli 09/21/2022 00:07 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Blur“1464 THE THRILLS SO MUCH FOR THE CITY 2003 – VIRGIN Produced By TONY HOFFER 1. Santa Cruz (You’re Not That Far) 2. Big Sur 3. Don’t Steal Our Sun 4. Deckchairs And Cigarettes 5. One Horse Town 6. Old Friends, New Lovers 7. Say It Ain’t So 8. Hollywood Kids 9. Just Travelling Through 10. Your Love…”
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wizardalien 03/16/2024 00:30 | #302519 | TOP COMMENT
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Indie. Starts off well with the first three tracks (Santa Cruz, Big Sur, Don't Steal Our Sun). Bit of a drop off in the second half of the album though, although it's a pleasant listen with only a couple of boring tracks. (Edited)
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pedro1976 03/05/2023 14:45 | #294729 | TOP COMMENT
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pedro1976 03/05/2023 14:45 | #294729 | TOP COMMENT
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4 or 5 good songs amongst a lot of weaker tracks, side 2 a particular slog to get through - so boring... 4 good songs from 11 (or 12 if counting the 'hidden' track) - not good... would've made a better EP.
Highlights; Don't Steal Our Sun, Santa Cruz, Big Sur, One Horse Town (basically most of side 1)
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teague 09/09/2020 21:28 | #257974 | TOP COMMENT
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teague 09/09/2020 21:28 | #257974 | TOP COMMENT
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Really disappointing. The songs are absolutely nothing special at all, but the singing is what really drove me nuts. He sounds like a bad cross between Wayne Coyne and Neil Young, two singers I actually enjoy very much, but imagine every one of the attributes people don't like about their voices and you get this guy.
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MrScallops 08/03/2020 10:27 | #256637 | TOP COMMENT
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1. 75
2. 95
3. 60
4. 60
5. 70
6. 65
7. 90
8. 55
9. 40
10. 90
11. 75
Irish band The Thrills is refreshingly original in their nostalgic take on folky rock music. Embracing their inner Beatles, Beach Boys and other 60s rock and pop acts, So Much For The City is a stunning debut filled with feel-good songs to brighten anyone's day. Singer Conor Deasy's vocals are soothing to listen to, even if they don't carry all notes with equal power. The instrumentation is varied, focused on traditional instruments to give the music a folk-rock tinge, close to The Waterboys.
Overall, this album offers easygoing music, mostly in a rhythmic and up-tempo fashion, but with a couple of sluggishly slow track thrown in as well. The variation in terms of sound is surprisingly little.
A solid, but pretty safe debut that could have easily done more with its promising concept and the admittedly unique sound the band has crafted. The standout tracks are the upbeat ones, such as "Big Sur" and "Say It Ain't So". The rest are perfectly acceptable as well.
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garycottier 07/07/2016 20:10 | #170843 | TOP COMMENT
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Not brilliant, but good. Pity they never really followed it up. It was good at the time though.
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