Light Up Gold
by Parquet Courts
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Parquet Courts bestography
Light Up Gold is ranked 2nd best out of 11 albums by Parquet Courts on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Parquet Courts is Wide Awake! which is ranked number 581 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,928.
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Light Up Gold track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Light Up Gold rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jantje | Top 15 Music Albums of the 2010s | 12/15 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 29 Music Albums of 2012 | 28/29 | 0 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 35 Music Albums of 2012 | 10/35 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 20/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 28 Music Albums of 2012 | 25/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 50 Music Albums of 2012 | 12/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | Jantje | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 38/100 | 62 |
| 2026 | ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 62/100 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 228 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,079 | |||
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Light Up Gold ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2026 10:40 |  DanielNunes93 | 2,819 | 61/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 20:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,935 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2026 18:28 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Light Up Gold forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5384): By ssteve BestEverAlbums 04/23/2024 20:00 in Album of the day (#4874): Light Up Gold by Parquet Courts
Repo 10/24/2023 01:49 in What album are you listening to right now?Light Up Gold comments
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Best album i've heard in ages...this is the first album for me that truly captures the spirit of Pavement's Slanted & Enchanted. I'm not saying they sound like Pavement, but you can feel the similarities in the way the album jumps around. The track 'Borrowed Time' has the greatest chorus The Damned never wrote whilst stand out track Stoned & Starving is easily song of the year for me. Will it stand the test of time, I dunno....what I do know is that it sounds like a potential classic debut album.
One listen and I was sold.
Incredibly catchy, fun hooks, furious guitar playing- it's everything a punk/indie rock album should be and Parquet Courts hits the nail right on the head with this one.
The dirty and scratchy guitars and the raw instrumentation gives slight nods to 80's/90's indie rock, but all in all its the sheer catchiness and playfulness of the music that the boys from Brooklyn should be given credit for. An incredibly impressive and under-the-radar debut.
Hope these guys keep going strong for sure.
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2013 00:48 | #80796 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is something I haven’t heard in quite a while. Kind of a post-punk revival kind of album. The best comparison I can draw is the album “Double Nickels On The Dime" that Minutemen in 1984 with a mix of Pavement a little. It’s very good, very different. It has this goofiness about it, yet still some rawness to it. A good example is the song “Stoned And Starving" which is literally about being stoned and starving and sounds like it was written while someone was stoned and starving. It’s great, I definitely recommend it.
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2013 21:56 | #64407 | TOP COMMENT
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Socrates died in the fucking gutter!
babyBlueSedan TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/11/2016 00:03 | #161709 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a fun punk record, that obviously has a lot of influences (Wire, Pavement, Sonic Youth). I love all those bands so I at least like this, but unfortunately it doesn't do much to elevate itself above those other bands for me. Most of the songs aren't memorable, and one of the two I can remember (N Dakota) is rehashed as the last song on the album. So it's a fun listen, but I won't be coming back.
Main highlight: the laid back, slacker style vocal delivery.
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