Manifest!
by Friends (US)
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Friends (US) bestography
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Manifest! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Manifest! rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2022 |  mutley88 | Top 26 Music Albums of 2012 | 6/26 | 4 |
| 2021 |  Mophos | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2013 | Beanbagsss | Top 10 Greatest Music Albums | 5/10 | - |
| 2013 |  dr_worm_md | Top 18 Music Albums of 2012 | 18/18 | 0 |
| 2012 | Rough Trade | Albums Of The Year 2012 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2012 | Piccadilly Records | Top 100 Albums of 2012 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2012 | Les Inrocks | Les Inrocks Albums of the Year 2012 | 61/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 19 | |||
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Manifest! ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/11/2023 08:37 | cicadelic | 14,138 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2023 22:16 | LittleM1971 | 6,008 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2019 06:25 | cestuneblague | 8,271 | 80/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.
Manifest! forum mentions
cestuneblague 07/02/2016 07:54 in What album are you listening to right now?Manifest! comments
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cestuneblague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/02/2016 05:02 | #170300
A true one-album wonder Friends were. One of the catchiest releases of the decades, it feels less like 12 seperate numbers but one massive, seamless earworm of a hit instead, mixing 60s girl-group, 80s atmospheric synth-driven pop, 90s alt-groove edge and a modern cosmopolitan brooklyn-hipster sensibility. And it works rather beautifully thanks to the deft mix of electronics and tight drum-and-bass rhythem along with Samantha Urbani's sly, reedy vocals. While short of a modern classic, they had immense potential but sadly split up not long after Manifest! was released.
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