The Loon (studio album)
by Tapes 'n Tapes

The Loon by Tapes 'n Tapes
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-10-28
Overall rank: 12,977th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 38 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (236th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,334th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,977th)

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The Loon is ranked as the best album by Tapes 'n Tapes.

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The Loon track list

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The Loon rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,977th | 2000s rank: 2,334th | 2005 rank: 236th

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The Loon ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 38 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.

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From 12/09/2011 22:14 | #32539
This is indie pop with college-age sensibilities. There's a lot of compressed fuzz and feedback on this album. "insistor" is the charging BOMB ("And when you rush I'll call your name / Like Harvard Square holds all inane / And don't you know I'll be your badger") while "crazy eights" is a chugging, distorted hum-along. "cowfire" comes with spitfire atop a fast-strummed acoustic number.
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