Ancient Melodies Of The Future
by Built To Spill
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Ancient Melodies Of The Future is ranked 6th best out of 13 albums by Built To Spill on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Built To Spill is Perfect From Now On which is ranked number 280 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,818.
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Ancient Melodies Of The Future track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ancient Melodies Of The Future rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 19:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,115 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 00:22 | alexandermause | 1,587 | 86/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 03:42 | lanadeleswift | 3,729 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2025 22:56 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2025 14:48 | daCritic | 4,568 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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SomethingSpecial 04/07/2025 13:18 | #308386 | TOP COMMENT
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Criminally underrated album - a near perfect record containing some of my favourite Built to Spill songs, and incredible instrumentation, as on their previous record, Keep It Like a Secret.
Favourite songs: In Your Mind, Alarmed, You Are
What's not to like? This album is as solid as Keep it Like a Secret, but without the obvious high points ("Carry the Zero"), The cover art sucks though
luigybetis 05/18/2018 14:38 | #215119 | TOP COMMENT
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I see a change of pace from last album, but I still think they have it! 8/10.
favourite song: trimmed and burning
RoundTheBend 05/10/2016 03:45 | #165624 | TOP COMMENT
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First and only Built to Spill album I've listened to. Very interested to listen to Perfect From Now On here shortly, but also interested to see how it stacks up.
I'd say half of this album is fantastic and the other half is ok.
drivebytornado 02/26/2013 00:50 | #66144 | TOP COMMENT
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This was the 5th BtS release, but for me it was the follow-up to the album that blew me away and hooked me as a fan, 1999's "Keep it Like a Secret." So it's no surprise that this one was a disappointment and would fail to measure up in my eyes. Listening again several years later, it turns out it's a pretty damn good album, albeit not quite as good as "Keep it Like a Secret." The lead track "Strange" is my favorite here, with "Trimmed and Burning" and "The Weather" following close behind.
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