Primary Colours (studio album)
by The Horrors (UK)

Primary Colours by The Horrors (UK)
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-05-04
Overall rank: 1,390th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 303 votes)
     
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Award Top 20 albums of 2009 (15th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (211th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,390th)

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The Horrors (UK) bestography

Primary Colours is ranked as the best album by The Horrors (UK).

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Primary Colours
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Primary Colours track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Primary Colours rankings

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Overall rank: 1,390th | 2000s rank: 211th | 2009 rank: 15th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 303 votes)
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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 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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75/100
From 02/08/2023 22:46 | #293797
The name of the band describes it accurately. All tracks sound like they came out of a Gothic tinged horror movie soundtrack. Very steady throughout. One that grows on you quite well.
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From 11/07/2019 22:07 | #244537
I love it when a band make a giant leap forward and takes a risk (think U2 Achtung Baby or Radiohead Kid A). They could have kept churning out punk garage rocks of Strange House (another great album though) but they changed course and produced this absolute pearl of an album. 5 stars.
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80/100
From 06/30/2018 01:52 | #217519
A Gothic gene masterpiece

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From 12/24/2017 01:51 | #203798
This album is absolutely a grower as mentioned previously. On listen 1 I was neutral, on listen 2 the magic began to flow and on listen 3 I really loved this album. All tracks are great with none weak or filler material. So I highly recommend this album but make sure you have multiple listens before making your mind up.
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From 07/11/2016 00:15 | #171064
Album of the Year!
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From 04/11/2016 15:29 | #163642
Unequal but still pretty good indie rock album.

Favorite tracks: Who Can Say (90), Primary Colours (85), Sea Within A Sea (80)
Less favorite tracks: Do You Remember, I Only Think Of You, I Can't Control Myself (3x 70)
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75/100
From 11/29/2015 20:38 | #153664
It's enjoyable, the shoegaze bits made the album.
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From 08/07/2015 02:16 | #147293
Who can say is awesome. Primary colors ok.
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90/100
From 05/20/2015 04:14 | #141930
Epic album. The last track is one of the greatest ever.
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