Comedown Machine (studio album)
by The Strokes
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Comedown Machine is ranked 6th best out of 7 albums by The Strokes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Strokes is Is This It which is ranked number 23 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 28,665.
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Comedown Machine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/26/2025 18:19 | matterhornrider | 4,741 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/21/2025 19:43 | TSIGMONSTER | 29 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 03:57 |  Strangel | 983 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2025 04:29 |  Nacho212 | 1,861 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2025 23:50 | Persondudes | 146 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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I haven't given this as much attention so probably need to come back after more listens - but it is a good and solid album with Welcome To Japan and 80's Comedown Machine th ebest for me
Decent album. My highlights are Tap Out, Slow Animals and Happy Ending.
Decent album but definitely not one of their best
Different, experimental, but still highly enjoyable album, with the vocals being its most interesting aspect.
Sooooo underrated. I didn't like it that much at first, but it's definitely a grower. Almost all the songs go from ok to amazing. Such a solid album, imo better than Angles and FIOE.
Boltzmann 02/24/2020 13:17 | #248212
This is what I'm talking about. On this album the experimenting is in the songwriting and vocals primarily, instead of useless intermezzos and using different instruments for the sake of using different instruments. Julian Casablancas is peaking here; the rest of the band is great as usual. I'm hearing Beach Boys here and there, and a newly discovered femininity in Julian's vocals; one time he even resembled Kim Gordon very clearly on one track. Crazy shit, I love it.
lleon79 02/12/2020 00:19 | #247706
Maybe it's because of my personal taste, but I've found both Angles (2011) and Comedown Machine (2013) their best work, or the ones that most resonated with me. I really like many songs from their old material ("Hard to Explain" is still their best song, IMO) but I get tired of the same garage rock over and over again. In their most recent releases, The Strokes experimented more in the grounds of alternative rock and slower rythms ("Slow Animals", "80's Comedown Machine") while still retaining their roots ("50/50") and then combining both aesthetics to create one of their best works yet! ("One Way Trigger"). I'm so excited to see what The New Abnormal (2020) will bring to the table, especially after The Voidz' fantastic Virtue (2018).
lleon79 02/12/2020 00:19 | #247705
Maybe it's because of my personal taste, but I've found both Angles (2011) and Comedown Machine (2013) their best work, or the ones that most resonated with me. I really like many songs from their old material ("Hard to Explain" is still their best song, IMO) but I get tired of the same garage rock over and over again. In their most recent releases, The Strokes experimented more in the grounds of alternative rock and slower rythms ("Slow Animals", "80's Comedown Machine") while still retaining their roots ("50/50") and then combining both aesthetics to create one of their best works yet! ("One Way Trigger"). I'm so excited to see what The New Abnormal (2020) will bring to the table, especially after The Voidz' fantastic Virtue (2018).
Really think it is underrated. Obviously different from other Strokes album who set the bar quite high. Nice that they tried some other sound, which I really can enjoy as much as the other previous albums
Melhor banda do século.
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