Present Tense
by Wild Beasts
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Present Tense is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Wild Beasts on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wild Beasts is Two Dancers which is ranked number 2769 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 568.
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Present Tense track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Present Tense rankings
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Present Tense ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2026 22:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 01:01 | Proto | 4,251 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 19:20 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2025 18:42 | bea | 1,870 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2025 01:48 |  imacgill | 2,822 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.
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I adore this one. There's an ecstatic, simple beauty to these songs.
allgood 02/22/2018 13:58 | #209213
Great album.
The more I listen to it, the more I like it.
90/100
A return to form after the slight disappointment of, smother. This time it's based on electro pop and is closer to, two dancers, than any of their other releases. I'm glad they moved on from the more restrained sounds of their last record. My only reservation is that almost every band makes the 'inevitable' electronic album when they hit a bit of an artistic wall. It will be interesting to see where they go next.
Secondsoul 04/05/2015 11:55 | #138876 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm glad I came back to this album as I had previously under-rated it. Quality throughout and Wanderlust is superb
bojolpif71 02/01/2015 09:33 | #133526
Un de mes albums préférés de 2014 par l'un de mes groupes préférés.
I like this far more than their previous release, Smother, which I found to be rather boring and mediocre. This one on the other hand beholds some nice melodies and harmonies and a cool synthy and light vibe to it.
One of my favorite albums so far this year. Every song off this album is quality.
This is really cool, something about it, an aura
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