Devotion (studio album)
by Beach House

Devotion by Beach House
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-02-26
Overall rank: 1,559th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 314 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2008 (16th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (252nd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,559th)

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Beach House bestography

Devotion is ranked 6th best out of 10 albums by Beach House on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Beach House is Teen Dream which is ranked number 135 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,218.

Beach House album bestography « Higher ranked (1,255th)
Once Twice Melody
This album (1,559th)
Devotion
Lower ranked (2,540th) »
Thank Your Lucky Stars

(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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Devotion track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 314 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.

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75/100
From 02/14/2020 06:38
Working my way through their discography and can say that, though they definitely came into their own on their next album, this album is a good progression of their sound and songwriting. Victoria Legrand polishes her voice further in following albums, but this is a good inception point for all the great music they've put out.

Best Tracks: Wedding Bell, Gila, Heart of Chambers
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From 02/17/2019 11:44
*sigh* So great.
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From 09/09/2017 03:13
Best Tracks: Heart of Chambers, Some Things Last a Long Time, Holy Dances
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From 09/15/2015 23:37
Not their best, but easily enjoyable. Incredibly comfy.
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From 02/13/2014 14:58
Great album!
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From 12/06/2013 20:01
Hazy love songs. Easily my favorite Beach House album.
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From 08/11/2013 09:06
I wish I could like early Beach house
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