What Went Down
by Foals

What Went Down by Foals
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-08-28
Overall rank: 2,096th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 207 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2015 (33rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (343rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,096th)

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Foals bestography

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 1297 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,317.

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What Went Down track list

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What Went Down rankings

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Overall rank: 2,096th | 2010s rank: 343rd | 2015 rank: 33rd

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What Went Down ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 207 votes)
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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 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.

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75/100
From 05/01/2022 09:48 | #284836
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
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70/100
From 12/31/2021 20:56 | #278287
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.
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From 01/09/2019 16:45 | #229385
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.
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75/100
From 01/01/2018 06:20 | #204298
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.
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From 11/03/2017 21:13 | #200562
Best Tracks: Mountain At My Gates, Birch Tree
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Year chart: 9
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From 11/10/2015 02:03 | #152729
This is a really great album. The title track is the best starting to any album this year imo. Such a heavy start, but there are some real nice mellow tracks on here as well - a perfect balance. Foals keeps impressing
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From 09/23/2015 22:01 | #150315
Never fully listened to a Foals album, but greatly surprised off this record..its a fun listen..i got to love it..its just exactly my type of music.
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From 09/08/2015 21:33 | #149381
Totally immersed in this album at the moment. Beautiful!
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From 08/31/2015 23:12 | #148982
In some unexpected ways, Foals unleash the unbridled intensity that has been boiling beneath the surface of their entire career. Fantastic album and their best (so far).
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