Nocturnal Koreans
by Wire
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Wire bestography
Nocturnal Koreans is ranked 12th best out of 29 albums by Wire on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wire is Pink Flag which is ranked number 343 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,886.
(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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Nocturnal Koreans track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Nocturnal Koreans rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 18 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 22 Music Albums of 2016 | 19/22 | 1 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 63 Music Albums of 2016 | 14/63 | 4 |
| 2025 |  flamingyesdept | Top 55 Music Albums of 2016 | 48/55 | 1 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Wasinski | Top 75 Music Albums of 2016 | 9/75 | 4 |
| 2024 |  lleon79 | Top 22 Music Albums of 2016 | 19/22 | 1 |
| 2020 | mlgprounicorn | 2016 101-200 | 89/100 | - |
| 2020 |  Spyglass | Ranking Wire | 16/17 | - |
| 2018 | liveinacar | Top 5 Music Albums of 2016 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2018 | liveinacar | Top 34 Music Albums of the 2010s | 16/34 | 11 |
| 2017 |  FlorianJones | Top 42 Music Albums of 2016 | 34/42 | 1 |
| 2017 |  bertrandu | 2016 Rock | 21/50 | - |
| 2017 | bertrandu | Best Alternative Rock Albums of 2016 | 30/30 | - |
| 2017 | bertrandu | Best Rock Albums of 2016 | 40/50 | - |
| 2016 | The Quietus | Quietus Albums Of The Year 2016 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2016 |  CellarDoor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2016 | Louder Than War | Albums of the Year 2016 | 10/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
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Nocturnal Koreans ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/15/2025 19:45 | TodFitz | 27,373 | 63/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2022 17:03 | TastyandTemptin | 3,175 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2022 08:53 |  drstuey | 2,709 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2022 22:40 | MadhattanJack | 5,992 | 66/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2022 02:48 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.4/100, a mean average of 69.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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johnner 04/27/2016 05:43 | #164676
Nocturnal Koreans displays the more experimental side to Wire, with the tracks coming across more like fragments than songs themselves, ending far too quickly before leaving too much of an impression - it's easy to see how the best songs from the sessions ended up on last year's album rather than this mini-album.
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