Familiars
by The Antlers

Album
Familiars by The Antlers
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-06-17
Overall rank: 2,827th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 188 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2014 (49th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (468th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,827th)

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The Antlers bestography

Familiars is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by The Antlers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Antlers is Hospice which is ranked number 327 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,060.

The Antlers album bestography « Higher ranked (1,152nd)
Burst Apart This album (2,827th)
Familiars Lower ranked (5,726th) »
Green To Gold

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Familiars track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Palace
Average Rating: 85 (51 votes)Comments: View 0
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Doppelgänger
Average Rating: 79 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
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Hotel
Average Rating: 81 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
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Intruders
Average Rating: 80 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
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Director
Average Rating: 80 (31 votes)Comments: View 0
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Revisited
Average Rating: 78 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
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Parade
Average Rating: 82 (38 votes)Comments: View 0
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Surrender
Average Rating: 79 (28 votes)Comments: View 1
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Refuge
Average Rating: 80 (28 votes)Comments: View 0

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Familiars rankings

Familiars rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,827th | 2010s rank: 468th | 2014 rank: 49th  Overall chart history
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Familiars ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 188 votes)
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 !		07/01/2026 22:05 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,68570/100
 
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 !		04/18/2026 03:03 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,85079/100
 
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 !		12/28/2025 01:12 bjorndedrij  Ratings distribution  17757/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.


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Familiars forum mentions

This album has been referenced 38 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 07/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5383): By RockyRaccoon
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From SleepDealer 11/12/2019 12:35 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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From Dingerbell 04/23/2016 11:32 in Slept on albums that deserve another listen.
“I think for a lot of people (myself included) this album sounded like one pretty-ok song that's hit on repeat nine times. This has become one of my most-listened to albums ever as of now, and I think its a shame it'll probably go down as The Antler's worst record to date, or at least their most…”
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Familiars comments

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95/100
From 02/03/2022 21:04 | #280594 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
One of the most Beautiful albums I can think of. So heartwarming....
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From 05/14/2015 02:41 | #141417
Very emotional & heartlfelt. Great delivery / flows well. MEZ
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100/100
From 03/20/2015 17:17 | #137394 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Lyrically and musically genius. Simply, a masterpiece.
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From 02/01/2015 09:24 | #133523
Vraiment un excellent album qui confirme la classe de ce groupe.
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From 01/08/2015 20:49 | #131088
Quite a good album for fans of The Antlers. I enjoyed it although it's hard to really appreciate it in it's own right when I'm constantly comparing it to the brilliance of 'Hospice'. This album will lose that battle 10 times out of 10. (Same with any of their other albums too)
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