Skeletal Lamping
by of Montreal
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of Montreal bestography
Skeletal Lamping is ranked 6th best out of 31 albums by of Montreal on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by of Montreal is Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? which is ranked number 587 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,882.
(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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Skeletal Lamping track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Skeletal Lamping rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Plan B Best Albums 2008 | 10/22 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist 2008 | 39/50 | - |
| 2026 |  AleJohnMari | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 18/100 | 79 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Junkmedia Best Albums 2008 | 4/23 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Delusions Of Adequacy Top 50 of 2008 | 43/51 | - |
| 2026 | skrapoel | Top 43 Music Albums of 2008 | 31/43 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 27 Music Albums of 2008 | 13/27 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 75 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 218 | |||
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Skeletal Lamping ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2026 13:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,151 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2025 21:49 | jnmayles | 2,393 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2024 16:39 | saltysurprise | 2,960 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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Skeletal Lamping forum mentions
qwert9579 08/03/2014 03:44 in Songs You Wish They Had Just Included On That Album!Skeletal Lamping comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/28/2012 14:30 | #45527 | TOP COMMENT
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It can be seen as a full album on the "georgie fruit" character from "hissing fauna...". It can also be seen as an expose~ on EVERYTHING you'd ever want to know about lead singer Kevin Barnes' sexuality. It's all out there and almost overwhelming. From "We can do soft-core if you want/But you should know I take it both ways." to "I'm so sick of sucking the dick of this cruel world, I've forgotten what it takes to please a woman/But that's all gonna change". Tipper Gore cover your ears! There's the same brilliance here as on "hissing fauna...", except not as focused (except on sex). Song rhythms change abruptly and hooks aren't as plentiful.
Norman Bates 10/07/2013 07:14 | #87792 | TOP COMMENT
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Too much of everything. The occasional brilliance is here, but diluted in far too complicated structures and breaks in pace, showing off savoir-faire for sure, but eventually getting you lost and/or bored.
JoaoMoreira 07/12/2013 00:15 | #81158 | TOP COMMENT
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Über-freak album...
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