Fragrant World
by Yeasayer
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Yeasayer bestography
Fragrant World is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Yeasayer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Yeasayer is Odd Blood which is ranked number 2299 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 712.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Fragrant World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fragrant World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 77 Music Albums of 2012 | 29/77 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 80 Music Albums of 2012 | 65/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 67 Music Albums of 2012 | 45/67 | 2 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (64.09-63), #001-100 | 82/97 | - |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Monarchie & Alltag: Alben des Jahres 2012 | 38/50 | - |
| 2025 |  chisholm.matt | Top 64 Music Albums of the 2010s | 47/64 | 6 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 40 Music Albums of 2012 | 19/40 | 3 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (63), #0301-0400 | 63/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 188 | |||
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Fragrant World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/09/2026 16:36 | Leginlists | 3,843 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2025 14:30 | TonySayers61 | 25,893 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2025 03:27 | jnmayles | 2,394 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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Fragrant World forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5399): By chisholm.matt
SleepDealer 12/17/2019 11:10 in What album are you listening to right now?Fragrant World comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2013 16:23 | #59803 | TOP COMMENT
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Yeasayer's sound hasn't budged from their last release. There are less "hits" on this indie synth-rock album, pointing to a more "complicated" feel this time around. "reagan's skeleton" and "devil and the deed" are the best tracks if you're looking for a place to start.
ShaneSpear TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/30/2012 19:35 | #53723 | TOP COMMENT
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They just keep going further and further away from what I enjoyed on all our symbols. On the bright side, I guess it does make Odd Blood look a little bit better now. (Edited)
chisholm.matt 10/31/2012 15:55 | #53774 | TOP COMMENT
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This was a serious departure from the brilliance of Odd Blood...I feel like Yeasayer is getting weirder, but not necessarily getting better...
"Let's make "All Hour Cymbals" again without any of the hooks!" No, thanks.
I love this album. I'd put it narrowly between All Hour Cymbals and Odd Blood. There's a lot more acoustic exploration on this album and some really unique sound textures arise out of this, which only goes on to accent the strange lyrics in a really mutually beneficial way.
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