Sound & Color (studio album) by Alabama Shakes

Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-04-21
Overall rank: 1,879th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 313 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2015 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (307th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,879th)
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Sound & Color track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 313 votes)
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09/12/2025 14:14 RemainInLight  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,05436/100
 
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08/27/2025 17:00 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,70981/100
 
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06/20/2025 18:51 Invader666  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,62365/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 05/20/2025 05:42
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2016 Grammys. The winner was 1989 by Taylor Swift
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80/100
From 10/05/2024 10:36
Brittany Howard has an incredible voice this album takes a few listens but it is a great blues/rock album she is also an accomplished guitar player. Alabama Shakes only made 2 albums both are good Brittany has since gone solo
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75/100
From 10/01/2020 19:13
Nice and chill! Rating (79.17)
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Rating:  
90/100
From 05/19/2018 20:55
Great album.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 02/13/2018 08:46
This album is so incredible! It was my AOTY 2015.
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70/100
From 01/16/2018 18:24
Very good album. Very distinct sound; a unique and rewarding listen.
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30/100
From 01/17/2016 03:05
What a shame.

I was really expecting to enjoy this album. Not only that, I really WANTED to love this album! But, no. There's only one problem I have with this album, and it's a biggie: the vocal performance is atrocious. I'm sure to other people it sounds "soulful" or whatever, but to me, it's grating. Like nails on a chalkboard. The music is fine. The instrumentation and melodies are really good, especially for today's culture. Unfortunately, I could not get past the singer's annoying voice.

If you like this album, good for you, I just couldn't stand it.
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90/100
From 01/15/2016 18:05
Alabama Shakes are a powerful and tremendous band.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 11/24/2015 04:51
Solid. Just really, really solid.
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85/100
From 11/04/2015 18:37
Upon first listen to this album I was loving some of the tracks (Future People, Don't Wanna Fight No More, Gimme All Your Love). It took a few more listens to start appreciating some of the other songs, but I now like them just as much! The singers powerful voice just oozes soul throughout the entire album!
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