Coexist
by The xx

Coexist by The xx
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-09-05
Overall rank: 1,480th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 447 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (21st)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (232nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,480th)

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The xx bestography

Coexist is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by The xx on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The xx is XX which is ranked number 348 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,901.

The xx album bestography « Higher ranked (348th)
XX
This album (1,480th)
Coexist
Lower ranked (1,681st) »
I See You

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,480th | 2010s rank: 232nd | 2012 rank: 21st

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Coexist ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 447 votes)
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01/24/2026 11:09 haz215  Ratings distribution  11473/100
 
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12/14/2025 01:31 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,70870/100
 
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85/100
From 4 days ago | #313371
If their first album was the discovery of intimacy, Coexist is the sound of trying to hold onto it as it fades. It's an album that doesn't seek to explode, but rather to sustain itself in the tension of what remains after falling in love.

Listening to it is like walking on thin ice. Romy's guitars are more fragile than ever, and Oliver's bass feels like a pulse afraid to stop. Here, the silences hurt more; they are empty spaces where unspoken words weigh a ton. Jamie xx adds almost invisible electronica, a nightclub echo heard in the distance, like a memory of a party you no longer belong to.

Coexist is the soundtrack of emotional maturity: the recognition that loving someone sometimes means learning to live with their absence, or worse, with their distant presence. It's a cold but necessary embrace, a refuge for those who know that love isn't always an explosion, but a whisper that refuses to die.

It's the beauty of fragility elevated to its highest expression.
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15/100
From 03/31/2023 19:53 | #295661
Second album syndrome. The same style as their debut, which was great, but lacking all the magic. Very disappointing. Nothing memorable about any of the tracks for me.
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85/100
From 01/03/2019 16:43 | #228758
The whole theme and storyline is a bit played out but this album still holds a place in my heart, I remember it as a very emotional teen still in the throes of puberty and the peak of insecurity. Funny, but true, and this was also somewhat a little bit of a window into the indie world for me.
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70/100
From 07/15/2018 15:32 | #218281
Angels, Tides and Our Song stand out. Not as strong as their debut but still a good solid album
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From 12/17/2016 23:12 | #180392
I just realized I like this one better...
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From 06/19/2016 21:59 | #169179
not as good as their first but pretty close. also its so damn chill
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70/100
From 04/18/2016 07:36 | #164057
A solid follow-up to "xx", but strips the minimalist sound back further, and as result this sounds a bit like a band heavily influenced by the xx's debut.

Album number three will be a big one... top tier newcomers or one trick pony?
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80/100
From 04/29/2015 19:08 | #140533
Beautiful album!!
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50/100
From 03/14/2015 19:50 | #136780
Still has the sound of their debut, but instead of subtle and soft-spoken, it's completely lacking a pulse. This is a shrug and a mutter.
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