Under The Skin
by Mica Levi
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Mica Levi bestography
Under The Skin is ranked as the best album by Mica Levi.
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Under The Skin track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Under The Skin rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 49 Music Albums of 2014 | 12/49 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ForegroundNoise | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s | 46/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  serpico | Top 71 Music Albums of the 2010s | 5/71 | 19 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Line of Best Fit Fifty Essential Albums of 2014 | 28/50 | - |
| 2025 | ForegroundNoise | 2010s: The 25 Best Underrated Albums | 25/25 | - |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Stevensounds Blog Top 100 Albums Of 2014 | 24/100 | - |
| 2024 | cicadelic | The Nomadic Subject: My Favorite 50 Albums Of 2014 | 1/50 | - |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | In League With Paton: 2014 | 8/100 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Invada 2014 | 2/6 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 32 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 112 | |||
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Under The Skin ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 10:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,535 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2025 14:29 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2024 20:20 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,759 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
Under The Skin forum mentions
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Strange and sublime. Mica Levi's brilliant output remarkably accompanies Jonathan Glazer's work to the point where the film would lose a hell of a lot of power without the score. This particular piece of art is the best soundtrack I've ever heard to the best film I've ever seen; it perfectly captures the headspace of the alien experiencing our world.
Even when you listen to the album by itself, the strings still manage to deeply unsettle, shock and (in the case of "Death") break your heart. This is a masterpiece of the highest order made by someone who, unbelievably, created her first film score.
Ah, my favourite film score. Mica Levi has created a hypnotic, otherworldly score that not only enhances Jonathan Glazer's masterwork but forms the backbone of it. Masterfully sets various moods (depending on the point in the film) and ratchets up the suspense with the use of screechy yet sensual snake-like strings.
EyeKanFly 04/19/2025 14:30 | #308597
This album had sounds which made my dog uncomfortable. So I guess Mica Levi created an incredibly effective soundtrack for the film, but not a very pleasant album to listen to outside of the film. (Edited)
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