Love This Giant
by David Byrne & St. Vincent
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David Byrne & St. Vincent bestography
Love This Giant is ranked as the best album by David Byrne & St. Vincent.
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Love This Giant track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Love This Giant rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 93 Music Albums of 2012 | 61/93 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 24 Music Albums of 2012 | 7/24 | 4 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 36 Music Albums of 2012 | 15/36 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Filter México Los mejores discos del 2012 | 7/29 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 2012 | 39/58 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | St Vincent: So Far.. | 5/8 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2012 | 60/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q Magazine The 50 Best Albums Of 2012 | 9/49 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 98 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 296 | |||
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Love This Giant ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/10/2026 14:19 | cicadelic | 14,123 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 00:17 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 04:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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Love This Giant forum mentions
imacgill 08/19/2026 23:24 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Love This Giant comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/02/2013 16:04 | #59793 | TOP COMMENT
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If you're familiar with the musical styles of david byrne (of the talking heads) and st. vincent, then you may be interested to know that this album falls more in line with byrne's disjointed, funky style than vincent's melodramatic flair. While the talking heads never employed an accompanyment of horns, they work quite well here as if a heads-extension Aside from that similarity, byrne and vincent alternate lead vocals. Some songs work better than others, but none "take off" in a way a major byrne or vincent (or both) fan might anticipate with such a pairing. I'd say the Byrne-led songs are better -- they have more melodic, musical and lyrical focus ("who", "i am an ape" and "lazarus" come to mind). Cool "cool water" vocals by st. vincent on "lazarus", the album's best track.
Maybe the best thing David Byrne has done since Talking Heads folded. A boisterous horn dominated concoction that's strong back to front
Mophos 11/16/2013 18:43 | #92957 | TOP COMMENT
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Lovely pop album.
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