Monsters Of Folk
by Monsters Of Folk
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Monsters Of Folk track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Monsters Of Folk rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 78 Music Albums of 2009 | 44/78 | 2 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 57 Music Albums of 2009 | 18/57 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist Top 50 Albums of 2009 | 41/50 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 57/100 | 42 |
| 2026 | Rhyner | Top 31 Music Albums of 2009 | 1/31 | 5 |
| 2026 | HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 59 Music Albums of 2009 | 11/59 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 101-200 | 36/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 56/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 77 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 205 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/30/2026 21:27 | Mmorrison22 | 2,197 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 10:16 | Jantje | 706 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:43 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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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 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.3.
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Rhyner 04/05/2017 20:39 in What album are you listening to right now? paladisiac 12/06/2012 23:15 in Best Band With Only One AlbumMonsters Of Folk comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/09/2011 18:10 | #32491 | TOP COMMENT
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When I think of indie supergroups that work well, I think of the new pornographers, a group that combined the indie pop of a.c. newman, the country folk of neko case and the abstract indie avant of dan bejar and threw together a new indie power rock pop entity (with tons of energy replete with wall-to-wall choruses). If new porn leans to any identity, they lean to a.c. newman, and the same dynamic works for monsters of folk too as jim james, m.ward, conor oberst and his mogis producer combine for some old-school, pop/rock/folk that for the most part leans towards the vision of oberst/mogis except for the otherworldly opener "dear god (sincerely m.o.f.)". This combination clicks almost all the time, from plaintive lead single "say please" and it's strong harmonies to the stop-start "oohm bop" of "losin' yo head" to the country bar flavor of "the right place", only losing a little steam in an oberst-sung "temazcal". Often these projects turn out to be vanity projects like chickenfoot or that foo/floyd/queens group (as 2009 examples). But this one works because it sounds like all 4 members really put a lot of thought, feeling and creativity into this collaborative effort. Monsters of folk indeed. (Edited)
A super-group that actually comes close to living up to being super. While the material never exceeds what any of the members have done on their own, it at least matches that quality which is much more than pretty much all super-groups ever accomplish.
Such a beautiful album that features some very strong songs and performances. Lots of great chemistry between these guys. Recently bought this on vinyl and it still sounds great. Kinda gutted they never did a follow up to this but there’s still time guys! (Edited)
A good record. Nice arrangements, choice of material and production.
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