Devotion
by Beach House

Devotion by Beach House
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-02-26
Overall rank: 1,515th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 323 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2008 (15th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (237th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,515th)

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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 128 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,122.

Beach House album bestography « Higher ranked (832nd)
Once Twice Melody
This album (1,515th)
Devotion
Lower ranked (2,326th) »
Thank Your Lucky Stars

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Devotion track list

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

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Devotion rankings

Devotion rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,515th | 2000s rank: 237th | 2008 rank: 15th  Overall chart history
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Devotion ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 323 votes)
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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 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.


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90/100
From 4 days ago | #315493
Their absolute best album... If you disagree you're listening to Beach House wrong.. currently sitting at #20 in my top 100 albums of all time. And this is the ONLY Beach House album that made the top 100 list.
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75/100
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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85/100
From 02/17/2019 11:44 | #232079
*sigh* So great.
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95/100
From 09/09/2017 03:13 | #197620
Best Tracks: Heart of Chambers, Some Things Last a Long Time, Holy Dances
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Not their best, but easily enjoyable. Incredibly comfy.
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Great album!
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90/100
Hazy love songs. Easily my favorite Beach House album.
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From 08/11/2013 09:06 | #83701
I wish I could like early Beach house
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