{Awayland}
by Villagers
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Villagers bestography
{Awayland} is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by Villagers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Villagers is Becoming A Jackal which is ranked number 4435 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 326.
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{Awayland} track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
{Awayland} rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Favorite album of each year! | 13/50 | - |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 101 - 200 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | - |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 92 Music Albums of 2013 | 65/92 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Live4ever The Best Indie Music Albums 2013 | 11/20 | - |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  identifer | Top 15 Music Albums of 2013 | 2/15 | 5 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the 10’s (201 - 300) | 15/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 75 Music Albums of 2013 | 31/75 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 51 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 250 | |||
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{Awayland} ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/28/2026 02:56 | ExTeaSea | 5,249 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:21 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 14:03 | TonySayers61 | 25,763 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.
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{Awayland} forum mentions
Purplepash 09/29/2025 10:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.){Awayland} comments
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All of the sounds come together beautifully and nearly every song progresses into a great finish.
Norman Bates 03/06/2013 10:14 | #67204 | TOP COMMENT
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Interesting record, even though I feel that he's trying to hard to sound lyrical at times (the bombastic "The Bell") when the compositions are not strong enough. However, there are some beautifully written songs in there ("Nothing Arrived").
I find it a very enjoyable album, nearly as good has BECOMING A JACKAL. The first three are excellent, along with nothing arrived and passing a message.
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/10/2018 17:24 | #224266 | TOP COMMENT
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First listen and I love it! Pretty unique for an indie folk rock band. Track two sucked me in because it is very cool.
Really good album. Becoming very much one of my favourite albums of the year so far.
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