Rave Tapes
by Mogwai

Album
Rave Tapes by Mogwai
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-01-17
Overall rank: 6,443rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 124 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2014 (122nd)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (1,238th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,443rd)

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Mogwai bestography

Rave Tapes is ranked 9th best out of 31 albums by Mogwai on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mogwai is Mogwai Young Team which is ranked number 932 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,863.

Mogwai album bestography « Higher ranked (4,487th)
The Hawk Is Howling This album (6,443rd)
Rave Tapes Lower ranked (8,367th) »
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Overall rank: 6,443rd | 2010s rank: 1,238th | 2014 rank: 122nd  Overall chart history
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From 07/12/2014 17:48 | #116531 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Amazing album! I feel they still have a lot more to give. Les Revenants was much more subtle, this does have quite a bit more power.
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From 01/10/2014 20:09 | #100362 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Consistently good enough for me to like it, however a bit too forgettable in my opinion.
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From 07/15/2019 18:37 | #239648 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The title suggested that this was gonna be a radical shift in style, but it's more like a wistful look back over their glory years and I'm glad for it. They've done a lot of soundtracking in the past few years and this sounds like a cleaner, more TV-ready Mogwai than usual.

Best track: Heard About You Last Night. It builds up nicely, then it calms down again. Then it gets a little sinister towards the end.
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From 01/21/2014 15:00 | #101139 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Great album, a little inconsistent though.
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From 03/29/2015 17:35 | #138153 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
their worst.
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