The Loon
by Tapes 'n Tapes
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The Loon is ranked as the best album by Tapes 'n Tapes.
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The Loon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Loon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 36 Music Albums of 2005 | 28/36 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 93 Music Albums of 2005 | 56/93 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 92 Music Albums of 2005 | 82/92 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Lost At Sea: Best Albums 2006 | 20/20 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 40 Music Albums of 2005 | 39/40 | 0 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 86 Music Albums of 2005 | 18/86 | 4 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1401-1500* | 42/79 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 42 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 86 | |||
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The Loon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/31/2026 20:01 | PapaShiz86 | 11,809 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2026 11:24 | Leginlists | 3,844 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 16:08 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
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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 76.0/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
The Loon forum mentions
dihansse 05/20/2024 20:03 in My discoveries per year
NoisyBeast 04/30/2024 21:12 in What album are you listening to right now?The Loon comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 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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