Primary Colours
by The Horrors (UK)

Primary Colours by The Horrors (UK)
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-05-04
Overall rank: 1,397th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 305 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2009 (16th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (215th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,397th)

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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

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

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Overall rank: 1,397th | 2000s rank: 215th | 2009 rank: 16th
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2026martinthoTop 39 Music Albums of 200930/391
2026 KalosTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s96/1001
2026 paladisiactop 65r albums (64), #0601-0700*28/66 -
2026cicadelicLost At Sea: Best Albums 200923/25 -
2026 hoyquarlowTop 50 Music Albums of the 2000s22/5012
2026cicadelicMonarchie & Alltag Die zehn besten Alben 20092/10 -
2026matterhornriderTop 33 Music Albums of 20097/334
2026 MadhattanJackTop 82 Music Albums of 20098/825
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s25/10015
2026cicadelicMuzikalia Mejores discos internacionales de 20096/25 -
2026 ssteveTop 100 Greatest Music Albums37/10063
2026cicadelicHype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist Top 50 Albums of 200923/50 -
2026 eclabTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s52/10010
2026Cheboygan74Top 15 Music Albums of 20099/152
2026cicadelicBBC Music Best Albums 2009 Rock & Indie3/20 -
2026 HaydenTop 60 Music Albums of 200953/601
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 20096/1005
2026mrmcrookTop 29 Music Albums of 200919/292
2026LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 20091/865
2026Exist-en-cielTop 29 Music Albums of 200920/292
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 268
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,233
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 305 votes)
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02/28/2026 23:30 Map  Ratings distribution  50781/100
 
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02/24/2026 00:30 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,14372/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:33 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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11/29/2025 17:10 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,06170/100
 
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10/30/2025 06:07 nextorgd  Ratings distribution  1,19784/100

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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 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, 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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95/100
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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Rating:  
80/100
From 06/30/2018 01:52 | #217519
A Gothic gene masterpiece

85/100
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80/100
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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50/100
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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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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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Rating:  
90/100
From 05/20/2015 04:14 | #141930
Epic album. The last track is one of the greatest ever.
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