What Went Down
by Foals
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What Went Down is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Foals on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Foals is Total Life Forever which is ranked number 1301 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,324.
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What Went Down track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 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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| ! | 07/13/2026 08:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,685 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2026 14:51 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 22:57 | araidernomore | 491 | 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 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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What Went Down forum mentions
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Fourth times a charm for Foals with their excellent breakthrough release ‘What Went Down’. Foals have forged one of the better discographies in recent times yet this album remains their best work which says plenty for the quality on offer here
Another top quality album from this awesome band. It continues on with the heavier sound of their previous release, Holy Fire, but still has some quieter more mellow tracks like its predecessors. My highlights are Snake Oil, Birch Tree and Night Swimmers. London Thunder, Give It All and Albatross are quite forgettable and drag the grade down but the rest of the tracks are excellent.
Definitely my least favorite Foals album. A lot of the songs on here are just completely forgettable which isn't the norm for them. Hopefully their next effort is not further along this path.
This is one of those albums, I really don't know much about despite listening to it. All I recall is that it is quite good. I think I better go and give this another listen.
Best Tracks: Mountain At My Gates, Birch Tree
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