Fading West
by Switchfoot
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Switchfoot bestography
Fading West is ranked 9th best out of 21 albums by Switchfoot on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Switchfoot is The Beautiful Letdown which is ranked number 5524 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 249.
(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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Fading West track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fading West rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 41 Music Albums of 2014 | 41/41 | 0 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 8/100 | 19 |
| 2025 | bonnequestion | Top 24 Music Albums of 2014 | 24/24 | 0 |
| 2025 | craab | Top 11 Music Albums of 2014 | 3/11 | 4 |
| 2025 | zgarrison88 | Top 35 Music Albums of the 2010s | 31/35 | 3 |
| 2025 | craab | Albums for driving through each state | 25/94 | - |
| 2022 | imcgee99 | Top 60 Music Albums of the 2010s | 7/60 | 18 |
| 2022 |  Cabrones | Top 30 Music Albums of 2014 | 15/30 | 3 |
| 2022 | imcgee99 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 86/100 | 9 |
| 2021 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 55 Music Albums of 2014 | 11/55 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 61 | |||
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Fading West ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/15/2024 11:54 | jack1992 | 342 | 52/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2023 23:05 | toast223 | 1,331 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2023 15:53 | jon5417 | 4,108 | 68/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.3/100, a mean average of 61.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.2.
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Repetitive at the end, but very catchy, Switchfoot's 2014 album is a good start for the year.
This is by far the worst Switchfoot album. I can only bear to listen to 3 songs:
Say It Like You Mean It
Slipping Away
BA55
The rest is just a bunch of wanna-be anthemic songs where everyone is supposed to sing the chorus together and feel better. And the mastering is horrible. Skip this album and don't ever look back!
I'm surprised it's ranked so low. This is probably my third favorite Switchfoot album. Every track is solid. I also think it represents a risk for them in that with it they stepped a bit away from straight forward guitar rock to something more synth pop. I think it was largely successful.
GREAT album!
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