Rave Tapes (studio album)
by Mogwai
Mogwai bestography
Rave Tapes is ranked 9th best out of 30 albums by Mogwai on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mogwai is Mogwai Young Team which is ranked number 891 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,939.
(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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Rave Tapes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/05/2025 06:56 |  nextorgd | 1,122 | 84/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2025 12:48 | Robmc70 | 1,483 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2025 22:28 | TastyandTemptin | 2,920 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2025 20:47 |  EyeKanFly | 8,093 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2024 01:39 |  ExTeaSea | 5,078 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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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.
their worst.
bojolpif71 02/01/2015 09:36 | #133527
Bon album ,pas le meilleur de ce groupe cependant car certains morceaux sont un cran en dessous de ce que Mogwai peut faire. Préférence pour le premier morceau.
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.
Great album, a little inconsistent though.
Consistently good enough for me to like it, however a bit too forgettable in my opinion.
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