Royal Blood
by Royal Blood

Album
Royal Blood by Royal Blood
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-08-25
Overall rank: 938th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 426 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2014 (14th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (136th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (938th)

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Royal Blood bestography

Royal Blood is ranked as the best album by Royal Blood.

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Royal Blood track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Out Of The Black
Average Rating: 87 (121 votes)Comments: View 3
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Come On Over
Average Rating: 83 (102 votes)Comments: View 0
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Figure It Out
Average Rating: 87 (128 votes)Comments: View 2
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You Can Be So Cruel
Average Rating: 80 (97 votes)Comments: View 0
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Blood Hands
Average Rating: 80 (95 votes)Comments: View 0
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Little Monster
Average Rating: 84 (106 votes)Comments: View 0
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Loose Change
Average Rating: 82 (95 votes)Comments: View 1
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Careless
Average Rating: 80 (95 votes)Comments: View 0
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Ten Tonne Skeleton
Average Rating: 83 (101 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Better Strangers
Average Rating: 81 (93 votes)Comments: View 0

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Royal Blood rankings

Royal Blood rankings summary
Overall rank: 938th | 2010s rank: 136th | 2014 rank: 14th  Overall chart history
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Royal Blood ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 426 votes)
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 !		10/23/2026 09:28 jr_uk_1234  Ratings distribution  14682/100
 
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 !		10/16/2026 07:00 ASOARE  Ratings distribution  2,57278/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.


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Royal Blood forum mentions

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Royal Blood comments

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From 06/08/2016 16:11 | #168198 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Crazy good debut album. I still remember the day I found this album, and still can't believe the sound comes only from a bass and drums.
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From 01/28/2016 21:53 | #158003 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Every song feels like you have known it all your life

A modern classic

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90/100
From 02/26/2015 22:31 | #135704 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Dirty, gritty, yet surprisingly thoughtful and precise. Definitely White Stripes influenced. One of the best releases of 2014!
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From 09/01/2015 15:36 | #149033 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Excellent debut. I find it unbelievable that these guys can get such a full sound from only bass and drums. These guys definitely have a shitload of potential.
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85/100
From 11/12/2014 21:25 | #126829 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Finally, some modern music I feel I can get behind. Dirty, driving and enjoyable to listen to, it's a very promising start for Royal Blood.
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