Rites Of Spring
by Rites Of Spring
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Rites Of Spring bestography
Rites Of Spring is ranked as the best album by Rites Of Spring.
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Rites Of Spring track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rites Of Spring rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 47 Music Albums of 1985 | 34/47 | 1 |
| 2026 | bobnickmad | Top 57 Music Albums of the 1980s | 23/57 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1985 | 41/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1985: Punk | 7/19 | - |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 9 Music Albums of 1985 | 8/9 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 96 Music Albums of 1985 | 47/96 | 3 |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 4/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 34 Music Albums of 1985 | 23/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1985 | 33/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | bobnickmad | Top 98 Greatest Music Albums | 65/98 | 34 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 117 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 474 | |||
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Rites Of Spring ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/17/2026 22:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,939 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 21:43 | TastyandTemptin | 3,182 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2026 17:17 |  Leonard | 6,623 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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Rites Of Spring forum mentions
NoisyBeast 11/18/2025 00:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
dihansse 02/08/2021 19:55 in My discoveries per year Repo 12/31/2018 06:22 in What album are you listening to right now?Rites Of Spring comments
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The best album of 1985 (the year sucked), and one of the best emo albums. The Rites' only studio record is one of the most visceral compilations of cerebral music there is, and probably one of the most influential albums on the decade. The general sound is very lo-fi but that doesn't mean it sounds like shit. If anything it's more RAW, the way it's supposed to be. Now: The guitar playing? Awesome. Picciotto's performance? Awesome too. "For Want Of", "Drink Deep" and "End On End" are keepers.
Superb emotional punk that overall sounds more passionate and even empowering than depressed.
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