Sound & Color
by Alabama Shakes
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Sound & Color is ranked as the best album by Alabama Shakes.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 04/13/2026 09:33 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 | |
| 02/27/2026 23:03 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 12/29/2025 17:17 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 | |
| 09/12/2025 14:14 | RemainInLight | 3,502 | 36/100 | |
| 08/27/2025 17:00 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,762 | 82/100 |
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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 75.8/100, 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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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2016 Grammys. The winner was 1989 by Taylor Swift
Tamthebam 10/05/2024 10:36 | #305537
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
llibnanoon 10/01/2020 19:13 | #258900
Nice and chill! Rating (79.17)
Great album.
Vatsal 02/13/2018 08:46 | #207906
This album is so incredible! It was my AOTY 2015.
Very good album. Very distinct sound; a unique and rewarding listen.
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.
Alabama Shakes are a powerful and tremendous band.
HoldenM 11/24/2015 04:51 | #153380
Solid. Just really, really solid.
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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