Shrines
by Purity Ring

Album
Shrines by Purity Ring
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-07-24
Overall rank: 3,514th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 162 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (65th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (606th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,514th)

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Shrines is ranked as the best album by Purity Ring.

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- This album (3,514th)
Shrines Lower ranked (5,966th) »
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Overall rank: 3,514th | 2010s rank: 606th | 2012 rank: 65th  Overall chart history
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Shrines ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 162 votes)
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 !		08/06/2026 06:29 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,48272/100
 
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 !		05/30/2026 19:02 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,73774/100

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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.


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Shrines forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5399): By chisholm.matt
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (2011) 2. (2014) 3. by (2017) 4. by (2011) 5. (2004) 6. by by (2016) 8. by (2021) 9. by (2015) 10. by (2003) 11. by (2006) 12. by (2005) 13. by (2009) 14. by (2002) 15. by by (2018) 17. by (2014) 18. (2002) 19. by (2004) 20. by…”
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From dihansse 07/14/2019 19:53 in My discoveries per year
“And here are some more albums of 2012 I listened to: - (nr 29 on the overall BEA top chart 2012): I enjoyed some of the non-dance tracks on this album more than I thought I would but it's still not the type of music I enjoy (I hear enough of that on daytime radio). - (nr 30): no song on this a bit…”
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60/100
From 12/03/2012 22:08 | #56658 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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85/100
From 09/07/2012 10:03 | #50163 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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
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80/100
From 01/25/2013 20:35 | #62782 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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!
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65/100
From 08/02/2012 13:49 | #47636 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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From 10/23/2013 17:46 | #88975 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This tickles the same part of my brain as Fever Ray. It doesn't tread the exact same space, but it's worth a listen.
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