Junk Of The Heart
by The Kooks
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The Kooks bestography
Junk Of The Heart is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by The Kooks on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Kooks is Inside In/Inside Out which is ranked number 2687 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 581.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Junk Of The Heart track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| 10/01/2025 02:43 | dhbarrett | 8,391 | 65/100 | |
| 05/01/2025 23:48 | PapaShiz86 | 11,246 | 79/100 | |
| 02/01/2025 04:01 | jnmayles | 2,149 | 73/100 | |
| 04/30/2023 03:34 |  zags7000 | 20,468 | 64/100 | |
| 03/08/2021 19:22 | BrunoDMartins | 2,228 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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While staying mostly on safe Britpop-ground, Junk of the Heart sees The Kooks somewhat expand and evolve their sound away from guitar-driven indie rock towards more synth-based pop-rock. The band still offers memorable melodies, sing-along choruses and a good time, but they're sound has been polished to an extreme, thus dropping an aesthetic that made The Kooks popular in the first place.
What this album lacks compared to the previous two ones is the youthful energy on their best tracks. Almost every song ion this album seems toned down and diminished to the point of them almost having no impact on the listener. Take Fuck the World Off for example; it sounds like it's lacking the edge of Naive or See The Sun. There is also trashy filler material on the album, such as Time Above The Earth.
RockyRaccoon 07/18/2013 13:16 | #81847
I love The Kooks and it’s for this exact reason. They just make amazing music, they really do. They’re true to themselves and they make great music. This album is amazing. Every single song on the album is great, there is no low point. Sometimes I come across albums, even relatively good albums, where I wonder how much longer is left on the album. This album I did not. I was happy the entire way through the album and could’ve had even more. It’s a great album, definitely get it.
Very average album. It does not hurt to listen to but it's not exciting. Just another new album, which you can hear a lot.
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