Young God
by Swans

Young God by Swans
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 29,876th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 41 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (345th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,739th)
Award Best albums of all time (29,876th)

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Swans bestography

Young God is ranked 23rd best out of 39 albums by Swans on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Swans is To Be Kind which is ranked number 271 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,069.

Swans album bestography « Higher ranked (28,529th)
Cop / Young God / Greed / Holy Money
This album (29,876th)
Young God
Lower ranked (31,921st) »
Die Tür Ist Zu

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Young God track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 29,876th | 1980s rank: 3,739th | 1984 rank: 345th
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2026 PurplepashTop 46 Music Albums of 198443/460
2026 AAL2014Top 51 Music Albums of 198434/512
2025ElauqsapidTop 17 Music Albums of 198416/171
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Swans (US) - Ranked28/39 -
2025 Xxnu99etxXMy Top 116 EPs (of those allowed on the site) pt. 151/84 -
2025juanr1096Top 57 Music Albums of 198455/570
2025 AAL2014Swans/Gira: So Far..24/29 -
2024 Xxnu99etxXTop 44 Music Albums of 198425/442
2024 ArthurknightTop 99 Music Albums of 198483/991
2024cronadigallinaTop 99 Music Albums of 198494/990
2024 eclabTop 23 Music Albums of 198422/230
2023 Xxnu99etxXSwans (& Related) Discography Ranked (WIP)22/24 -
2023 Xxnu99etxXNo Wave59/63 -
2020Red0510Top 36 Music Albums of 198428/361
2020 covecoveTop 50 albums by Kurt Cobain49/49 -
2017 NoisyBeastTop 2000 Albums of the 1980s... # 401-50073/100 -
2017danwright252Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s42/9912
2016thiagomaznahhTop 40 Greatest Music Albums34/401
2016danwright252Top 13 Music Albums of 19848/132
2016 NoisyBeastTop 100 Music Albums of 198444/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 22
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 28
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 41 votes)
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70/100
 
12/27/2025 18:48 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,70375/100
 
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09/21/2025 07:11 cronadigallina  Ratings distribution  2,92767/100
 
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06/02/2025 21:47 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,72064/100
 
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02/12/2025 09:17 juanr1096  Ratings distribution  6,11378/100
 
70/100
 
02/03/2025 23:37 Mafedere  Ratings distribution  45476/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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