Comedown Machine (studio album) by The Strokes

Comedown Machine by The Strokes
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-03-26
Overall rank: 1,331st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 628 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2013 (25th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (201st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,331st)

The Strokes bestography

Comedown Machine is ranked 6th best out of 7 albums by The Strokes on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Strokes is Is This It which is ranked number 24 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 31,428.

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Comedown Machine track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 628 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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70/100
From 06/01/2022 23:21
I haven't given this as much attention so probably need to come back after more listens - but it is a good and solid album with Welcome To Japan and 80's Comedown Machine th ebest for me
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From 02/08/2022 21:23
Decent album. My highlights are Tap Out, Slow Animals and Happy Ending.
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75/100
From 02/10/2021 15:22
Decent album but definitely not one of their best
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From 01/03/2021 14:01
Different, experimental, but still highly enjoyable album, with the vocals being its most interesting aspect.
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80/100
From 08/08/2020 21:50
Sooooo underrated. I didn't like it that much at first, but it's definitely a grower. Almost all the songs go from ok to amazing. Such a solid album, imo better than Angles and FIOE.
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From 02/24/2020 13:17
This is what I'm talking about. On this album the experimenting is in the songwriting and vocals primarily, instead of useless intermezzos and using different instruments for the sake of using different instruments. Julian Casablancas is peaking here; the rest of the band is great as usual. I'm hearing Beach Boys here and there, and a newly discovered femininity in Julian's vocals; one time he even resembled Kim Gordon very clearly on one track. Crazy shit, I love it.
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From 02/12/2020 00:19
Maybe it's because of my personal taste, but I've found both Angles (2011) and Comedown Machine (2013) their best work, or the ones that most resonated with me. I really like many songs from their old material ("Hard to Explain" is still their best song, IMO) but I get tired of the same garage rock over and over again. In their most recent releases, The Strokes experimented more in the grounds of alternative rock and slower rythms ("Slow Animals", "80's Comedown Machine") while still retaining their roots ("50/50") and then combining both aesthetics to create one of their best works yet! ("One Way Trigger"). I'm so excited to see what The New Abnormal (2020) will bring to the table, especially after The Voidz' fantastic Virtue (2018).
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From 02/12/2020 00:19
Maybe it's because of my personal taste, but I've found both Angles (2011) and Comedown Machine (2013) their best work, or the ones that most resonated with me. I really like many songs from their old material ("Hard to Explain" is still their best song, IMO) but I get tired of the same garage rock over and over again. In their most recent releases, The Strokes experimented more in the grounds of alternative rock and slower rythms ("Slow Animals", "80's Comedown Machine") while still retaining their roots ("50/50") and then combining both aesthetics to create one of their best works yet! ("One Way Trigger"). I'm so excited to see what The New Abnormal (2020) will bring to the table, especially after The Voidz' fantastic Virtue (2018).
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85/100
From 09/06/2018 12:11
Really think it is underrated. Obviously different from other Strokes album who set the bar quite high. Nice that they tried some other sound, which I really can enjoy as much as the other previous albums
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From 09/20/2017 17:21
Melhor banda do século.
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