Lost In The Dream
by The War On Drugs

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-03-18
Overall rank: 163rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,170 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 2014 (1st)
Award Top 20 albums of the 2010s (14th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (163rd)

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Lost In The Dream is ranked as the best album by The War On Drugs.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Lost In The Dream rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 163rd | 2010s rank: 14th | 2014 rank: 1st
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2026 JoaoMoreiraTop 91 Music Albums of the 2010s43/9111
2026JohnnyoMost listened to studio albums of 2021 (101 - 200) (To delete)49/99 -
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s100/1000
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s14/10017
2026HyggevinylTop 76 Music Albums of 201446/762
2026blueandthemoonTop 42 Music Albums of 201418/423
2026lanadeleswiftTop 84 Music Albums of 201410/844
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s22/10016
2026joathomeTop 94 Music Albums of 20146/945
2026 lleon79Top 17 Music Albums of 20143/174
2026bjorndedrijTop 100 Greatest Music Albums62/10038
2026 RasmVTop 100 Greatest Music Albums9/10089
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 401-50039/100 -
2026 RhynerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s17/10017
2026JantjeTop 15 Music Albums of the 2010s6/1513
2026fabm0Top 15 Music Albums of 20143/154
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s34/10013
2026 NowhereManTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s31/10014
2026 SomethingSpecialTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s51/10010
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 20144/1005
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 962
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 8,605
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Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,170 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.1/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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90/100
From 04/10/2025 10:34 | #308444
Heard ''Under the pressure'' during the end-credits of a ''Bojack Horseman''-Episode . Fantastic show - fantastic song . And a great album !
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From 07/12/2024 21:07 | #304277
Beautiful album
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85/100
From 01/18/2023 20:01 | #293045
A sonic delight with masterful, whimsical writing that impresses with each song.
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95/100
From 12/31/2022 06:12 | #292350
Album Rating: 85.90
(859/10)

1.Under The Pressure. 98
2.Red Eyes. 99.
3.Suffering. 79
4.An Ocean In Between The Waves. 100
5.Disappearing. 83
6.Eyes To The Wind. 81
7.The Haunting Idle. 84
8.Burning. 80
9.Lost In The Dream. 78
10.In Reverse. 77
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75/100
From 05/03/2022 09:51 | #284898
An album that starts out very strong but slowly drifts away the further you delve into it. It starts very strongly with Under The Pressure and Red Eyes which are by far the best songs on the record. After that every song is pretty much the same in the fact that it has an engaging start but is dragged out so much that you lose all interest in the track. They carry songs on for far too long and that makes for a dull and long listen for us. This is probably why the run time seems so bloated as well. However, there is a lot I love about the record. One of them is the percussion performance which is a stand out for me and it makes every track it is on better. I do enjoy the lyrics and vocal as well and they also create a very consistent style of music that would be very effective if shortened down. Overall, the repetitive nature and length of this release hold it back but there is still a lot of quality and potential on display.
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85/100
From 03/25/2022 14:37 | #283385
The Smiths of the New Century..?
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From 01/01/2022 21:47 | #278356
I liked the first 3 tracks but I really couldn't get in to the rest of the album, just all sounded a bit samey to me.
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From 12/23/2021 19:16 | #277880
Suena muy bien
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From 12/21/2021 22:01 | #277764
I really like the sound. I tend to like shorter songs.
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75/100
From 12/17/2021 14:43 | #277613
A maddeningly frustrating album. Every song’s beginning draws me in (that’s hard to do!), but loses me by the end. Granduciel reminds me of that guy in college who figures an interesting guitar lick and then plays it repeatedly for 3 hours.

Obviously, there’s a comparison to Dylan, but it’s a poor man’s copy.
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