Freetown Sound
by Blood Orange

Freetown Sound by Blood Orange
Year: 2016
Release date: 2016-06-28
Overall rank: 3,134th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 170 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2016 (47th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (520th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,134th)

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Blood Orange bestography

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 2550 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 621.

Blood Orange album bestography « Higher ranked (2,550th)
Negro Swan
This album (3,134th)
Freetown Sound
Lower ranked (5,015th) »
Cupid Deluxe

(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

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Freetown Sound rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,134th | 2010s rank: 520th | 2016 rank: 47th

Freetown Sound collection

Freetown Sound ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 170 votes)
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01/16/2025 14:51 jon5417  Ratings distribution  4,08968/100

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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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Rating:  
85/100
Excellent for a relaxing evening with friends.
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80/100
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.
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From 09/12/2016 00:42 | #174805 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Today I learnt one of the greatest lessons:
"Never judge a book by it's cover"
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100/100
disgustingly good
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Rating:  
70/100
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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