Loud City Song
by Julia Holter
Julia Holter bestography
Loud City Song is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Julia Holter on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Julia Holter is Have You In My Wilderness which is ranked number 605 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,804.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 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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| ! | 01/15/2026 00:28 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:21 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/26/2025 00:07 |  Kalos | 1,156 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 21:07 | Araldo | 1,471 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 13:35 | Banner | 4,907 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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An album that takes a lot of risks with some of them paying off better than others. This record isn't very accessible at all and there isn't much to hook you into the music on the first listen. Once you look beyond this initial layer there is quite a lot of interesting musical nuances to discover. The instrumentation is diverse on several of the tracks and this makes for a rich and detailed environment to explore. Where the record peaks for me is on Maxim's I which captures what the record is trying to do and the essence of the music perfectly. However, there is some filler on here and a few moments that feel very plain and devoid of life. The music always feels like it could do with a burst of energy in places as there is great tension but I don't really find myself getting a payoff. Overall, definitely an unusual album that is worth checking out due to its uniqueness.
ImmortalAl 01/22/2019 02:18 | #230228
this was actually quite pleasant, to be honest with you.
mozzmozz 05/22/2018 20:11 | #215444
This is a magical journey into an other-worldly introspective polyphony.
Spooky at times. Simply gorgeous at other times.
Music from another planet.
As soon as I heard it, I had to hear it again ... with headphones.
A more accessible record than her previous effort. Still, loud city song, is another special album from one of the most interesting artists of recent times. Lovely sounds and textures. A superb album.
An underrated masterpiece.
HazeyTwilight 12/23/2014 16:12 | #129999
A serene drive around the city of Berlin. Enjoying the sights as they come.
Antonio-Pedro 02/15/2014 10:31 | #103198
A great discover and a amazing beginning for someone who is not accustomed to listen to this genre, amazing arrangements great instrumentation. loved the three first songs and the album continued to unroll the following songs while some sketches came shaped in thoughts (Normally calm thoughts and shining ideas). argument about this album is a kind of hard for me, but let's say that it opened a big closet in my mind, and shined a light above my head.
eclab 12/24/2013 09:47 | #98669
A nice album. I think "Maxim's I" is the standout track.
qwert9579 12/24/2013 02:37 | #98629
One of the best of 2013
Glad to see this one climbing the charts. There's something revelatory about the cacophonous bursts occasionally interrupting the gentle dreamscapes.
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