Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
by Belle And Sebastian
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Belle And Sebastian bestography
Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance is ranked 8th best out of 21 albums by Belle And Sebastian on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Belle And Sebastian is If You're Feeling Sinister which is ranked number 143 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,426.
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Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance 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 | cicadelic | Me Hace Ruido Los mejores discos en inglés de 2015 | 34/40 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0201-0300* | 62/78 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (65.94-65.42), #001-100* | 61/61 | - |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 39 Music Albums of 2015 | 16/39 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 98/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 123 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 355 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/13/2026 02:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,304 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2026 16:55 | lolhahaha | 82 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 14:31 | ThuramThugood | 3,039 | 67/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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I've listened to "Girls in Peacetime" extensively over the past few weeks. Throughout my mild obsession with the album, I have reached a few conclusions...Firstly, this is one of the defining albums of the 2010s. It is already high on my Greatest Albums chart. I'm beginning to see it almost as a modern Pet Sounds...it builds on pop music that has come before and brings a whole new level of quality to the genre. There's a great 5-star opener in "Nobody's Empire", just as Pet Sounds opens with the 5-star "Wouldn't It Be Nice." The lyrics, while lacking the wistful naiveté of Pet Sounds, have a similar "simple" quality. While clearly a pop album, it somehow manages to sound very un-radio-friendly...likely a result of its complexity and depth.
I dunno, I just /love/ this album. Thank you, Belle and Sebastian, you've given us yet another classic.
Yoooreds 03/16/2015 21:10 | #137057 | TOP COMMENT
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First listen, as I always explore anything in the top ten by March. This is upbeat quirky pop and it's making me smile.
I will definitely return to this again (Edited)
rogue 02/11/2015 13:27 | #134713 | TOP COMMENT
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Dang! I usually can't get down to B&S, but this is real good.
meruizh 03/23/2015 20:09 | #137603 | TOP COMMENT
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It's an ok album, stretches way too long. They could have cut out at least 20 min of filler moments. But probably my biggest disappointment it's the lack of amazing moments in this album. "Nobody's Empire" is the only great song in here, the rest is just pretty much average, with some good melodies every now and then.
The conclusion: In the future when you want to listen to a B&S album, this album will probably fall in your 7th or 8th pick. (Edited)
PsychologistHD 01/24/2015 18:01 | #132379 | TOP COMMENT
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Maybe one day they'll make a bad album.
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