The Golden Archipelago
by Shearwater
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Shearwater bestography
The Golden Archipelago is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Shearwater on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Shearwater is Jet Plane And Oxbow which is ranked number 7297 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 177.
(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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The Golden Archipelago track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Golden Archipelago 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 | cicadelic | Do You Know How To Waltz? Best Albums 2010 | 34/50 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 63 Music Albums of 2010 | 22/63 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Indirekte Best Albums 2010 | 67/100 | - |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Øyvind Berekvam: Dette er de beste platene i 2010 | 58/69 | - |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Milhaud | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 16 | 23/32 | - |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | DavideBerna | Top 20 Music Albums of 2010 | 20/20 | 0 |
| 2023 | FieryGunHand | Top 50 Music Albums of 2010 | 29/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 55 | |||
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The Golden Archipelago ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/07/2025 19:23 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2025 12:25 | Milhaud | 2,151 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2024 23:23 | EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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Romanelli 05/29/2022 22:18 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayThe Golden Archipelago comments
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I love the quiet, reflective songs, but the really fiery, forward songs sound like really bad 80s power ballads to me...
Necharsian 03/05/2012 05:42 | #37838
One of those albums that sound exactly like what the album cover looks like. Just beautiful.
zeppelin46 02/22/2011 18:20 | #18659
"Rook" is so much better!
Very unique listening experience. I feel this one may be a grower as going straight into it didn't feel right. Whole sound is not one I would usually listen to. That said Black Eyes and Corridors were both lovely.
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