King
by Belly (US)
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Belly (US) bestography
King is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Belly (US) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Belly (US) is Star which is ranked number 3945 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 374.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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King track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
King rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 80 Music Albums of 1995 | 47/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 55 Music Albums of 1995 | 20/55 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 57 Music Albums of 1995 | 25/57 | 3 |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 1995 | 50/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 67 Music Albums of 1995 | 27/67 | 3 |
| 2025 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | dhbarrett | Top 52 Music Albums of 1995 | 16/52 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 91 | |||
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King ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/24/2026 20:26 | covecove | 6,713 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 02:53 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2025 04:26 | culwin | 1,600 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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King forum mentions
Repo 11/15/2022 22:30 in What album are you listening to right now?King comments
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A criminally underappreciated album by a band of alt rock darlings that almost reached superstardom for a moment there. The production is absolutely gorgeous, full of unique sonic adventure. The lyrics are sometimes playful, something haunting, often mysterious. When this album dropped in 1995, it had to contend with- and went overlooked in favor of- female-fronted blockbusters like Hole's Live Through This, Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pill and Garbage's self-titled debut. I think Belly's King holds up better than any of those records. Tracks 1-8 are straight bangers, catchy as hell. 9 and 10 dip somewhat, but still worthy of a listen. And track 11, Judas My Heart, is a striking grand finale of a closer. The textbook definition of a forgotten gem. (Edited)
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