How To Leave Town
by Car Seat Headrest

How To Leave Town by Car Seat Headrest
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-10-31
Overall rank: 5,351st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 110 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2014 (91st)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (981st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,351st)

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Car Seat Headrest bestography

How To Leave Town is ranked 7th best out of 22 albums by Car Seat Headrest on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Car Seat Headrest is Teens Of Denial which is ranked number 228 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,870.

Car Seat Headrest album bestography « Higher ranked (3,882nd)
The Scholars
This album (5,351st)
How To Leave Town
Lower ranked (11,209th) »
Nervous Young Man

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,351st | 2010s rank: 981st | 2014 rank: 91st
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2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 201494/1000
2026Exist-en-cielTop 29 Music Albums of 20145/294
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of 201445/1003
2026 TamthebamTop 90 Music Albums of 201455/902
2026juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 20145/1005
2026 lleon79Top 17 Music Albums of 201411/172
2026 ssteveTop 63 Music Albums of 201416/634
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of 201415/1004
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s68/1007
2025 KeatownrodriguezTop 44 Music Albums of 20145/445
2025TastyandTemptinTop 9 Music Albums of 20144/93
2025 KeatownrodriguezCar Seat Headrest Ranked3/11 -
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Car Seat Headrest (US) - Ranked5/19 -
2025 StefanR10Top 99 Music Albums of 201471/991
2025ThuramThugoodTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s45/10011
2025ThuramThugoodTop 29 Music Albums of 201411/293
2025PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 201439/1003
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 201434/1003
2025 travelfulTop 100 Music Albums of 201413/1004
2024DavideBernaTop 20 Music Albums of 201412/202
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 51
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 258
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79/100 (from 110 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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80/100
From 12/30/2022 08:16 | #292319
Album Rating: 78.57
(550/7)

1.The Ending Of Dramamine. 83
2.Beast Monster Thing (Love Isn't Love Enough). 75
3.Kimochi Warui (When? When? When? When? When? When? When?). 78
4.I-94 W (832 Mi). N/a (73)
5.You're In Love With Me. 70
6.America (Never Been). 78
7.I Want You To Know That I'm Awake / I Hope That You're Asleep. 86
8.Is This Dust Really From The Titanic? N/a (66)
9.Hey, Space Cadet! (Beast Monster Thing In Space). 80
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From 04/08/2019 21:01 | #234643 | TOP COMMENT
Looking at the cover of this project, you don't expect much in the way of complexity. Even after listening to the first few minutes, density isn't what comes to mind. I find that to be a good metaphor for the album. What this is is musical honesty from Car Seat Headrest. Will Toledo has a thorough understanding of him (and his band's) strengths and weaknesses. There isn't any coverup or any filler, it's all them. They don't try anything crazy experimental they just play and sing what they know. Great guitars and synths, fantastic writing and passionate vocals.
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90/100
From 01/04/2019 13:53 | #228871 | TOP COMMENT
Better than Teens of Style. Fantastic lyrics, extremely impressive instrumentals, and hard hitting and emotional vocals. I think the song structures on here are far more interesting than ToS as well.
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90/100
From 05/02/2018 11:54 | #214021 | TOP COMMENT
This album is too good to be true, I didn't expect this at all. Better than Twin Fantasy (in my humble opinion). 8.8/10.
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