Government Plates
by Death Grips
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Death Grips bestography
Government Plates is ranked 7th best out of 13 albums by Death Grips on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Death Grips is The Money Store which is ranked number 234 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,656.
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Government Plates track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Government Plates rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 54 Music Albums of 2013 | 24/54 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 25 Music Albums of 2013 | 4/25 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 46 Music Albums of 2013 | 38/46 | 1 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 45 Music Albums of 2013 | 26/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | Top 12 Music Albums of 2013 | 11/12 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 30 Music Albums of 2013 | 20/30 | 2 |
| 2025 |  ssteve | Top 59 Music Albums of 2013 | 43/59 | 1 |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 55/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 79 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 216 | |||
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Government Plates ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2026 20:20 |  DommeDamian | 7,838 | 48/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 03:06 | GM13 | 41 | 89/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 13:49 | TonySayers61 | 25,912 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Government Plates forum mentions
teague 07/07/2020 05:23 in What album are you listening to right now?
Applerill 12/17/2014 13:23 in Your Top 5 Albums of 2013
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Death Grips continues to not disappoint. I have a hard time even picking a least or most favorite track because I think they are all really good. The opener is just so heavy and that scream is wicked. Birds is wonderfully/weirdly abstract even for Death Grips. This is Violence and Feels Like a Wheel are pretty catchy and the closer's upbeat section mixed with the darker section's blinding synth bursts closes out the album in a really intense way.
My only complaint is that I feel about it the way I feel about Flying Lotus's Cosmogramma, which is that while I do really love the tracks I just wish they were more fleshed out. Still, I can't really complain since I'm loving what I'm hearing. Death Grips is one of the more innovative groups of today and I will continue to look forward to more material.
My last comment made it look like I implied that the last song makes me cry. That implication was not intended.
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/07/2020 05:36 | #255158 | TOP COMMENT
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Government Plates is often considered the weakest effort in the Death Grips catalogue (thus far), and I can’t help but agree. It starts off strongly with the track You Might Think He Loves You for Your Money but I Know What He Really Loves You for It’s Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat, but immediately starts to dip in quality with Anne Bonny and only dips further throughout the 35 minute offering. Nothing awful, but there’s a lot of wasted moments, which is very uncharacteristic of the trio. There’s always so much packed into every second in a Death Grips album and the space they create on Government Plates is not complementary of their strengths. Most of the performances on here are great, of course, but the guitar on Birds is awful. It sounds like someone who picked up a guitar the day before they laid down the track is playing. It’s sloppy and it doesn’t sound good. Overall, a disappointing release from a consistently interesting group.
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/27/2019 15:10 | #238457 | TOP COMMENT
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My favorite Death Grips album that I've heard (haven't listened to The Powers That B, Bottomless Pit or the instrumentals). There is so much energy and creativity on this record. It's sometimes easy to forget that Death Grips is more than MC Ride but not on Government Plates. This album is defined by its chaotic and bombastic sound combined with Ride's chopped vocals. He's used more as an instrument than an MC. Every song has a similar energy and I feel that the album as a whole fits together nicely. I like every song on here but my favorites have to be Anne Bonny and Birds.
The last song on here always gets me
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