Sound & Color
by Alabama Shakes
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Sound & Color is ranked as the best album by Alabama Shakes.
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Sound & Color track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sound & Color rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 25 Music Albums of 2015 | 17/25 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2015 | 2/50 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Me Hace Ruido Los mejores discos en inglés de 2015 | 15/40 | - |
| 2026 | tyleraepps | Top 14 Music Albums of 2015 | 4/14 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2015 101-144 | 42/44 | - |
| 2026 |  goeie-oko | Top 19 Music Albums of 2015 | 9/19 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jantje | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 83/100 | 18 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 231 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 907 | |||
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Sound & Color ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago |  covecove | 6,723 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2026 12:56 | ASOARE | 2,544 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 08:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,099 | 70/100 |
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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 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Sound & Color forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5417): By Tamthebam
CharlieBarley 04/06/2021 10:47 in What album are you listening to right now?
dihansse 12/07/2019 20:04 in My discoveries per yearSound & Color comments
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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. (Edited)
An improvement on Boys & Girls in my opinion. Brittany finds more moments on this record to make her voice shine and the result is some astoundingly solid, enjoyable tracks.
it's definitely a grower. I'm really starting to enjoy it after a few listens. Unique sound compared to some of the other things being released
samistake2ice 04/15/2015 15:36 | #139568 | TOP COMMENT
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I will give it a few more listens, but my first impression is that they wasted the thing that made their first album so great, Brittany's voice. I was worried after hearing the first single that they they would use all their success money on toys they dint need and over produce their basic sound. Maybe it will grow on me but right now I'm disappointed.
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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