The Magic Whip
by Blur
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Blur bestography
The Magic Whip is ranked 5th best out of 25 albums by Blur on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Blur is Parklife which is ranked number 206 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,313.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Magic Whip track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
The Magic Whip rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 69 Music Albums of 2015 | 11/69 | 4 |
| 2026 |  HoldenM | Top 73 Music Albums of 2015 | 70/73 | 0 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 95 Music Albums of 2015 | 3/95 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 72 Music Albums of 2015 | 22/72 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 66 Music Albums of 2015 | 62/66 | 0 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 39 Music Albums of 2015 | 13/39 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Blur Studio Albums Ranked | 2/9 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 27 Music Albums of 2015 | 19/27 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 393 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,704 | |||
The Magic Whip collection
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The Magic Whip ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 609 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/09/2026 22:09 |  serpico | 907 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2026 01:43 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 18:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,615 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
The Magic Whip favourites
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5389): By Rich150
pedro1976 06/10/2026 12:53 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 04/30/2026 15:40 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)The Magic Whip comments
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12 years since the last album. Damon & Graham both moved on and if it stayed that way we wouldn't have missed anything with thus album imo
I prefer this to their 90s stuff. It's just behind Think Tank for me but to me this is a more mature album than their popular stuff. Ghost Ship is my favourite. There Are Too Many Of Us and Thought I Was A Spaceman are 2nd and 3rd.
Brad1770 11/29/2021 10:15 | #276859
That Blur should release an album after a twelve year absence is remarkable in itself but the fact said album is so darn good makes the achievement even more remarkable
If ‘Magic Whip’ is indeed Blurs swan song album what a great way to go out and to wrap up an incredible career
luigybetis 06/08/2018 19:10 | #216359
I think this is Blur's best album, or at least the most consistent one. 8.5/10. (Edited)
Masterpiece. Just it.
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