How To Leave Town
by Car Seat Headrest
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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 6,776.
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How To Leave Town track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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How To Leave Town rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 63 Music Albums of 2014 | 18/63 | 4 |
| 2026 | animals0809 | Top 60 Greatest Music Albums | 14/60 | 77 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Greatest EPs | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 |  lleon79 | Top 17 Music Albums of 2014 | 11/17 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2014 | 11/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2014 | 60/90 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 322 | |||
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How To Leave Town ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/11/2026 02:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,555 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2026 19:37 | Glitterboiii | 4,955 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2026 11:48 | cicadelic | 14,279 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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How To Leave Town forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5466): By animals0809View latest topic →
Antonio-Pedro 12/20/2022 16:39 in What album are you listening to right now?
baystateoftheart 06/13/2021 23:19 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionHow To Leave Town comments
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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.
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/08/2019 21:01 | #234643 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/02/2018 11:54 | #214021 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
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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