Primary Colours
by The Horrors (UK)
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Primary Colours is ranked as the best album by The Horrors (UK).
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 16:54 | ecocruzr | 116 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 23:30 | Map | 516 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 00:30 | TastyandTemptin | 3,176 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:33 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 17:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,684 | 70/100 |
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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 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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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.
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.
Brad1770 06/30/2018 01:52 | #217519
A Gothic gene masterpiece
85/100
Brad1770 12/24/2017 01:51 | #203798 | TOP COMMENT
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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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SaulCortes1992 07/11/2016 00:15 | #171064
Album of the Year!
alexgagne 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)
It's enjoyable, the shoegaze bits made the album.
VADERBREWING 08/07/2015 02:16 | #147293
Who can say is awesome. Primary colors ok.
Epic album. The last track is one of the greatest ever.
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