Freetown Sound
by Blood Orange
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Freetown Sound is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Devonte Hynes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Devonte Hynes is Negro Swan which is ranked number 2545 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 622.
(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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Freetown Sound track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Freetown Sound rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2016 | 19/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 98 Music Albums of 2016 | 13/98 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 24 Music Albums of 2016 | 19/24 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums 2016 | 3/20 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Owl 20 Best Albums of 2016 | 5/20 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Revista Shock Los mejores discos internacionales del 2016 | 25/34 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Irish Times The Best Albums of 2016 | 6/10 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 181 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 547 | |||
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Freetown Sound ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/08/2026 17:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,585 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:16 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2025 21:52 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Forum mentions
imacgill 01/16/2024 03:03 in What album are you listening to right now?
neilgee 10/21/2021 05:03 in What album are you listening to right now? neilgee 10/20/2021 16:16 in What album are you listening to right now?Freetown Sound comments
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ExTeaSea 02/02/2019 04:12 | #231120 | TOP COMMENT
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Excellent for a relaxing evening with friends.
poppmusic 12/03/2016 20:19 | #179514 | TOP COMMENT
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As a whole, the album brilliantly encompasses a moody 80s pop revival for today's times. But unfortunately there isn't an obvious standout track.
Today I learnt one of the greatest lessons:
"Never judge a book by it's cover"
Lowkey 07/08/2016 15:27 | #170884 | TOP COMMENT
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disgustingly good
It feels as it Dev Hynes is stuck in his own formula.
Quite a disappointing effort given how good Cupid Deluxe is.
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