Shrines
by Purity Ring
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Shrines is ranked as the best album by Purity Ring.
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Shrines track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 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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| ! | 02/06/2026 13:56 |  ExTeaSea | 5,131 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 00:16 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2025 02:36 | Proto | 4,005 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 21:31 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2024 17:49 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,853 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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corenfro 11/01/2022 17:41 | #290965
Released same year as Visions, both records ahead of their time. It's like if Bjork produced electropop. Hope to add more comments soon.
'Shrines' is an excellent electronica album that features heavy use of synths and dark, enticing lyrics. I appreciate that it includes a strong closing track that perfectly rounds out the album. In addition, the song 'Fineshrine' is incredibly catchy and I love the eerie lyrics. The album has a unique, ominous vibe to it that is intriguing. The dark and imaginative cover art definitely fits the tone of the album.
In my opinion, the best tracks are 'Fineshrine,' 'Obedear,' and 'Shuck.'
8/10
Mophos 01/06/2014 13:03 | #100003
It's okay.
The two big things going for this album is its length and unique sound Purity Ring provides. I wouldn't say this album is a great album, but it is a strong one. I'm going to go ahead and give it a 9 out of 10 just because even though I probably won't come back to it in 20 years, it is innovating and exciting enough to capture my attention. Fineshrine is the best track and is absolutely fantastic!
paladisiac 12/03/2012 22:08 | #56658
This album is very synth-heavy, vocal-light and compressed. It feels extremely insular. There are effects warping the instrumentals creating a clostrophobic mood with the female lead singer's voice desperately chirping amidst tinny dubstep to be free.
An interesting new take in electronic slowed down dubstep. Works perfectly well in Lofticries, Belispeak, and Ungirthed I am looking forward to the next release see where this goes
Hayden 08/02/2012 13:49 | #47636
There's this 'rap' part in Grandlove that I thought was really cool. A full album of that might be really interesting. The production actually reminded me of the new Frank Ocean album, but Shrines was messy sometimes. An ok album. 60/100
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