Sylvan Esso
by Sylvan Esso
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Sylvan Esso bestography
Sylvan Esso is ranked as the best album by Sylvan Esso.
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Sylvan Esso track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sylvan Esso rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2014 | 44/50 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 91 Music Albums of 2014 | 29/91 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Curious Animal Best Albums 2014 | 16/40 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The National Post The Best Albums of 2014 | 20/23 | - |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Glide’s Best Albums of 2014 | 39/45 | - |
| 2025 |  buzzdainer | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 76/100 | 21 |
| 2025 | DigitalDreamDoor | Albums of the year 2014 | 48/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 54 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 174 | |||
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Sylvan Esso ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/15/2026 14:07 | TonySayers61 | 25,755 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2025 07:16 |  CellarDoor | 8,892 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/23/2024 01:36 | imacgill | 2,861 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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Sylvan Esso forum mentions
imacgill 04/03/2024 02:16 in What album are you listening to right now?
Jimmy Dread 02/08/2018 20:10 in Voyages In Record Collecting - Equipment Upgrade!Sylvan Esso comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/26/2019 15:51 | #236743 | TOP COMMENT
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Sylvan Esso's fusion of quirky folk and earnest electropop is instantly charming, at least to me, because it feels like the most natural outgrowth of North Carolina's divergent yet complimentary music scenes: the folky LEAF festival scene, which is really a celebration of the natural beauty of the Southern Appalachians and the music inspired by it, and the Moogfest scene, which is a tribute to the creative potential of technology. That, in a nutshell, is Sylvan Esso. "Coffee" is an ideal place to start when trying to wrap your head around their sound: "Wild winter, warm coffee / Mind's gone, do you love me?"
i revisit this album once a month, at least. I love how organic the beats sounds and how her melodic voice fits with the beats. This duo has made some serious experiments for this. It's worth a listen.
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