Whirlpool
by Chapterhouse
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Whirlpool is ranked as the best album by Chapterhouse.
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Whirlpool track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Whirlpool rankings
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Whirlpool ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/08/2026 19:24 | LittleM1971 | 5,996 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 05:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,474 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 07:01 | Proto | 4,264 | 33/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2025 02:40 |  Repo | 2,219 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2024 07:13 |  slatsheit | 2,042 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Whirlpool comments
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teague 09/28/2021 18:46 | #274337 | TOP COMMENT
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Chapterhouse put a bit of an electronic spin shoegaze, which had yet to be merged together in the way these guys did. And they did a great job.
JulianR 01/15/2018 22:55 | #205765 | TOP COMMENT
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Awesome, hard rock oreinted shoegaze album
Sometype 11/17/2016 02:02 | #178559 | TOP COMMENT
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Criminally underrated. Like if Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine had a lovechild.
ShadowColossi 03/14/2016 23:17 | #161937
Breather and Pearl are great... the rest is very forgettable, however
Solid, but slightly forgettable and a little below average.
Gooz 11/12/2014 01:07 | #126754
Pearl!
Secondsoul 12/15/2012 00:32 | #57933 | TOP COMMENT
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Pearl is most definitely the standout track
johnner 08/05/2012 14:00 | #47856 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best shoegazer albums to be released, personal fave's include: Breather, Pearl, and April.
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