Varmints
by Anna Meredith
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Varmints is ranked as the best album by Anna Meredith.
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Varmints track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Varmints 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 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | sonicdiscourse | Top 99 Music Albums of 2016 | 36/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | VanillaBean | Top 69 Music Albums of 2016 | 23/69 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Orange Peel Musikblog Alben des Jahres 2016 | 7/15 | - |
| 2026 |  drstuey | Top 35 Music Albums of 2016 | 5/35 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | 2016 Honorable Mentions | 78/99 | - |
| 2026 | kevinrob4 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2016 | 76/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 2016 - Uncut (TB Deleted) | 41/74 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 9/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 62 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 143 | |||
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Varmints ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 13:28 | ASOARE | 2,531 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2026 12:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,690 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2026 15:05 | TonySayers61 | 25,706 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
Varmints forum mentions
revolver94 11/01/2017 05:19 in What album are you listening to right now? meccalecca 04/07/2016 20:52 in 2016 Albums RockyRaccoon 03/23/2016 18:01 in From the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota: Rocky's LogVarmints comments
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Scots composer Anna Meredith has been involved in all manner of fun cross-disciplinary projects (including a musical flashmob on a motorway), and her style is similarly all over the shop. Varmints is a very swish example of what she can do. Not a massive fan of the vocals, but that quickly ceases to be a problem. Also, we need to bring the word “varmints” back.
Best track: Nautilus. I defy you to find a more stomping opening track from this year. Brass ahoy!
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