XX
by The xx

Album
XX by The xx
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-08-14
Overall rank: 341st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,146 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2009 (3rd)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 2000s (54th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (341st)

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XX is ranked as the best album by The xx.

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- This album (341st)
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XX track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Intro
Average Rating: 89 (281 votes)Comments: View 3
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VCR
Average Rating: 85 (250 votes)Comments: View 0
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Crystalised
Average Rating: 87 (263 votes)Comments: View 2
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Islands
Average Rating: 86 (251 votes)Comments: View 1
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Heart Skipped A Beat
Average Rating: 82 (212 votes)Comments: View 0
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Fantasy
Average Rating: 74 (188 votes)Comments: View 0
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Shelter
Average Rating: 80 (200 votes)Comments: View 0
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Basic Space
Average Rating: 81 (202 votes)Comments: View 0
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Infinity
Average Rating: 82 (194 votes)Comments: View 2
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Night Time
Average Rating: 80 (187 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Stars
Average Rating: 79 (183 votes)Comments: View 0

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XX rankings

XX rankings summary
Overall rank: 341st | 2000s rank: 54th | 2009 rank: 3rd  Overall chart history
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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 78.4/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.


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XX forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 10/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5468): By bjorndedrij
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by bjorndedrij () 1. by (1967) 2. (1991) 3. by (1969) 4. by (1972) 5. (1990) 6. by by (1971) 8. by (2010) 9. by (1980) 10. by by (1979) 12. by (1997) 13. (2004) 15. by (1971) 16. by (1993) 17. (2007) 18. by by (2005) 20. (1970) 21. by by by…”
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“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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From matterhornrider 08/09/2026 17:33 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“The XX and the Strokes were amazing at Outside Lands last night! =D>”
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XX comments

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65/100
From 12/09/2011 17:30 | #32466 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
the xx combine the gothy mope-rock of the cure and interpol with the grooviness of the dirty projector's "stillness is the move", especially on tracks "basic space", "vcr" and "crystalized". The duets are understatedly affective and combine with the lighter guitars from keeping this album from feeling too sullen, too "south park goth kids".
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60/100
From 01/20/2011 23:10 | #17644 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
When a two minute intro is far and away the best song on your album, there's probably a problem.
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55/100
From 03/25/2014 11:58 | #107450 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
i want to like this but after the first couple of songs it just seems like the band are repeating themselves and are too afraid to go out of their comfort zone. Crystalised is a great song but I'm struggling to connect with the rest of the album.
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20/100
From 04/16/2015 02:01 | #139617 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
My favorite part of listening to this album on Youtube was when a Calvin Klein ad came on between songs and I didn't even notice. This album has taught me that if you make something minimal and simple enough people will interpret it as being creative and meaningful instead of uninspired.

You'll like this album if you like minimal beats, synth sounds, predictable repetitive lyrics, vocals I think are supposed to sound sexy but sound like they're being sung by a eunuch, boring things, not having original thoughts, having trouble keeping focused while listening to music, or all of the above. There, now you can't say this wasn't helpful because I told you what you need to like in order to like it. Peace
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From 02/17/2013 07:17 | #65311 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Everything about it is uninspired. The xx clearly go for a single sound here and do not reach out of their comfort zone. I'm not one to complain about singing voices that often, but the two singers here sound close to whispering, they sound so unconfident. If I were to explain this album in one word, it would be "pedestrian".
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