The Catastrophist (studio album)
by Tortoise

The Catastrophist by Tortoise
Year: 2016
Release date: 2016-01-22
Overall rank: 19,362nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2016 (417th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (4,231st)
Award Best albums of all time (19,362nd)
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Tortoise bestography

The Catastrophist is ranked 7th best out of 13 albums by Tortoise on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tortoise is Millions Now Living Will Never Die which is ranked number 1086 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,608.

Tortoise album bestography « Higher ranked (15,830th)
It's All Around You
This album (19,362nd)
The Catastrophist
Lower ranked (26,008th) »
A Lazarus Taxon

(N.B. Bestographies do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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The Catastrophist track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 38 votes)
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07/25/2024 12:31 AAL2014  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,36675/100
 
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01/17/2023 05:35 PapaShiz86  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 10,61879/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.

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From 01/27/2016 14:19
While there are hints at classic Tortoise here (e.g. the first two tracks and Gesceap) the overall result is more disappointing than I'd hoped. I have no problem with vocals on a Tortoise album, however, the results are mixed - 'Rock On' sounds OK on its own but it spoils the flow of the album, and 'Yonder Blue' is lovely but creates a high that the following tracks pale in comparison to. It's great to have them back, but a shame they could not make something more coherent.
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