Listen (studio album)
by The Kooks
The Kooks bestography
Listen is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by The Kooks on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Kooks is Inside In/Inside Out which is ranked number 2625 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 595.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Listen track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Listen rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  rafalink | Top 26 Music Albums of the 2010s | 19/26 | 6 |
| 2019 | borninhockeytown | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2018 | Ianlucadp | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2017 | intro-start | Top 15 Greatest Music Albums | 4/15 | - |
| 2017 | Ianlucadp | Top 16 Music Albums of 2014 | 5/16 | 4 |
| 2016 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2014 | marfol | Top 39 Music Albums of 2014 | 38/39 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 33 | |||
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Listen ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/16/2024 20:21 | PapaShiz86 | 10,904 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2024 10:32 | RemainInLight | 3,152 | 36/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2023 11:51 |  Tamthebam | 22,857 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2023 03:34 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2021 16:28 | BrunoDMartins | 2,217 | 76/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.7/100, a mean average of 63.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.2.
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Don't know about the rest of album, but About Town is a flippin' masterpiece. Love it!
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11. 90
This is the album which turns The Kooks' music on its head. It's an overproduced indie-pop album, filled with electronic sounds, mostly lifeless choruses and endlessly looping melodies. It marks the first major disappointment the band has released, topped only by their next effort. The energetic songs lack the energy the band is known for (with Around The Town being the possible exception), while the ballads feel cold and lifeless (looking at you See Me Now). The electro-pop, hip-hop, gospel and soul influences don't really help to improve the quality of the album. A lack of truly memorable singles is also a problem.
Even though there are songs closer to the band's earlier material, such as Forgive & Forget and It Was London, they lack the infectious songwriting qualities of their earliest singles. The noisy mess that dominated many songs on their debut is back here and works just as badly. Down might very well be the worst song they've ever recorded. Are We Electric is quirky and eclectic in all the wrong ways, and the same goes for Sunrise. Album closer Sweet Emotion is at least pretty good.
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