Wolf's Law
by The Joy Formidable
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Wolf's Law is ranked as the best album by The Joy Formidable.
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Wolf's Law track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Wolf's Law 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 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 82 Music Albums of 2013 | 23/82 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Live4ever The Best Indie Music Albums 2013 | 19/20 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Best of 2013 | 24/50 | - |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 53 Music Albums of 2013 | 45/53 | 1 |
| 2023 | AledJames | Top 27 Music Albums of 2013 | 11/27 | 3 |
| 2023 | CompazzCharlatan | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 9/40 | 50 |
| 2023 | MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2023 | FieryGunHand | Top 50 Music Albums of 2013 | 9/50 | 4 |
| 2022 | Repo | Riot Fest '22 | 11/17 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 121 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/29/2025 03:47 |  imacgill | 2,876 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2025 22:22 | PapaShiz86 | 11,790 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2023 11:09 | RemainInLight | 3,817 | 36/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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Repo 06/07/2022 01:19 in What album are you listening to right now?Wolf's Law comments
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RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2013 00:47 | #80794 | TOP COMMENT
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The Joy Formidable have so much potential, I just hope that one day they are able to realize their full potential, and I think they will. They have a great sound, kind of a Muse mixed with My Bloody Valentine thing, loud, fuzzy guitar riffs and pounding drums with loud, proclaiming songs. This isn’t their best album, though it’s a good album, I have a feeling their best album is on the horizon. I want to believe that some day soon, they will release and album and everyone is going to go “Holy crap, that was one of the best albums of the year." Until then, we have what they’ve released so far, and that’s not to say that I’m disappointed in it, “Wolf’s Law" is a good album and it’s made me excited to see what else The Joy Formidable has in store for us
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/05/2013 23:48 | #64144 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the better releases of the year so far. Sometimes it forces big, arena sized hooks a bit too much, but overall it's a very good album that I can see myself listening to quite a bit.
Their live performances are much more energetic. But with this great album they come quite close to that. And they have some brilliant songs on this record.
zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/22/2013 19:25 | #88894 | TOP COMMENT
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This album takes me back to the 90s when there were a few great female-led grunge bands.
Necharsian TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/31/2013 07:31 | #63460 | TOP COMMENT
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I love it. First great album of the year. Better than their previous album methinks
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