Melophobia
by Cage The Elephant
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Melophobia is ranked as the best album by Cage The Elephant.
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Melophobia track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Melophobia 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 |  AAL2014 | Top 53 Music Albums of 2013 | 17/53 | 3 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 46 Music Albums of 2013 | 34/46 | 1 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 15 Music Albums of 2013 | 10/15 | 2 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 25 Music Albums of 2013 | 4/25 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Lucaspasa | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 18/40 | 55 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 44 Music Albums of 2013 | 21/44 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | Top 12 Music Albums of 2013 | 3/12 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 185 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,168 | |||
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Melophobia ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/16/2026 18:36 | CjHubb117 | 298 | 89/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 16:11 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2026 13:06 | mattkwyatt | 76 | 85/100 |
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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 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Forum mentions
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An incredible album. I always thought Cage the Elephant were simply a normal indie/pop band with songs like ‘cigarette daydream’ and ‘come a little closer’ (although they are incredible songs). However listening to Melophobia changed that completely. A captivating listen from gun to tape. Not a single bad track. My personal favourite was Telescope! (Edited)
There are some truly phenomenal songs on this album, my favourites being Take It Or Leave It and Cigarette Daydreams. Both of these songs are high energy and very catchy making them get stuck in my head for days. Every song follows in this pattern and I really do struggle to find a weak track on this album. The vocal is unique and one of my favourite performances I have heard for a while as it is so diverse and enjoyable. Melodically, this is far superior to what they have ever done before and they took a risk with making this album a little more laid back but it works brilliantly. Overall, an energetic album that demonstrates the artists quality and is a non stop blast right from the first few seconds.
JulianR 08/30/2018 23:01 | #220288 | TOP COMMENT
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I was really taken aback by this album. I always thought of Cage the Elephant as a band that used to be cool before making soft pop-rock hits. But I had never really listened to them, and this actually turned out to be a very musically interesting album. Sure it has Come A Little Closer and Cigarrette Daydreams which are both a little poppy, but they are both excellent songs. And then there are songs like It's Just Forever and my personal favorite on the album Teeth, that are super interesting. I here industrial and jazz influences that I would never have expected.
85/100 (Very Good)
Favorite Songs: Telescope, Cigarette Daydreams
elo269megv 02/20/2018 17:50 | #208953
As the title may suggest, Cage leaves the fuzz guitar and rocking tones of earlier albums behind, and begin to mellow out on this one. A lot of the songs are down right beautiful - the beginning half of of the record for example
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