Mutant
by Arca
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Arca bestography
Mutant is ranked 5th best out of 17 albums by Arca on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Arca is Arca which is ranked number 2414 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 668.
(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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Mutant track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mutant rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 49 Music Albums of 2015 | 43/49 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Indie Rocks! 100 mejores discos de 2015 | 2/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2015 | 74/95 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ForegroundNoise | Around the World Around the World Around the World Around the Wo | 70/73 | - |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Other Music Best Of 2015 | 1/30 | - |
| 2026 |  ButterThumbz | Even More Scientific Abstract Type Shit! | 56/73 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | WATM Magazine Best 50 Albums 2015 | 19/50 | - |
| 2026 | ForegroundNoise | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s | 26/50 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 76 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 164 | |||
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Mutant ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/22/2026 20:37 |  Special | 3,079 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 21:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,265 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2026 12:51 | TonySayers61 | 25,897 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Mutant forum mentions
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Mutant comments
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"Mutant" is a weird and melancholic creature that could have done with trimming away a few tracks, but it's still an impressive piece from Arca who will go on to even greater things with his self-titled record
Komorebi-D 03/01/2017 10:22 | #186580 | TOP COMMENT
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I love the perplexing sonic madness Arca brings to his solo work. One moment you're succumbing to a bearable tension and then its a full-on assault or an entirely new & frightening direction.
Personally, I think it's a bit long, but nonetheless a very interesting record from Arca.
ButterThumbz TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/19/2016 22:58 | #157035 | TOP COMMENT
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Prepare to be pummelled by this blissful bullyboy of an album.
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