B-Side Guys

Boris

Boris’s albums, ranked by what the critics we trust thought of each one. 10 have a B-Side Breakdown, averaging 79 (C+). See the discography in release order.

What is Boris’ best album?

By the critics, it’s Boris at Last -Feedbacker- (2003), with a B-Side Breakdown of 89 (B+) from 3 reviews. 100% of them liked it.

Next best: Akuma no Uta (87) and Noise (81). Lowest rated: Sun Baked Snow Cave (64).

Boris albums ranked

Best to worst by B-Side Breakdown.

  1. 1. Boris at Last -Feedbacker- (2003): 89 B+
  2. 2. Akuma no Uta (2003): 87 B+
  3. 3. Noise (2014): 81 B-
  4. 4. Rainbow (2006): 81 B-
  5. 5. Pink (2005): 80 B-
  6. 6. W (2022): 77 C+
  7. 7. New Album (2011): 77 C+
  8. 8. Dear (2017): 76 C
  9. 9. Heavy Rocks (2011): 75 C
  10. 10. Sun Baked Snow Cave (2005): 64 D

Boris discography, in release order

The earliest here87Akuma no Uta, 2003The critics' favorite89Boris at Last -Feedbacker-, 2003The latest77W, 2022. 10 points below Akuma no Uta.

The career, by Breakdown

Every Boris album with a B-Side Breakdown, in release order. Above the dashed line, most critics liked it.

5010075likedAkuma no Uta (2003): 87872003Boris at Last -Feedbacker- (2003): 8989Sun Baked Snow Cave (2005): 64642005Pink (2005): 8080Rainbow (2006): 81812006New Album (2011): 7777Heavy Rocks (2011): 75752011Noise (2014): 8181Dear (2017): 7676W (2022): 77772022

Every Boris studio album, oldest first. 17 don't have a Breakdown yet; each gets one once three critics' reviews turn up.

  1. 1996AbsolutegoNo Breakdown yet
  2. 1998Amplifier WorshipNo Breakdown yet
  3. 2000FloodNo Breakdown yet
  4. 2002MegatoneNo Breakdown yet
  5. 2003Album cover for Akuma no Uta by BorisAkuma no Uta87 B+
  6. 2003Album cover for Boris at Last -Feedbacker- by BorisBoris at Last -Feedbacker-89 B+
  7. 2005Album cover for Sun Baked Snow Cave by BorisSun Baked Snow Cave64 D
  8. 2005Album cover for Pink by BorisPink80 B-
  9. 2006Album cover for Rainbow by BorisRainbow81 B-
  10. 2008SmileNo Breakdown yet
  11. 2011Album cover for New Album by BorisNew Album77 C+
  12. 2011Album cover for Heavy Rocks by BorisHeavy Rocks75 C
  13. 2011Attention PleaseNo Breakdown yet
  14. 2011KlatterNo Breakdown yet
  15. 2013PräparatNo Breakdown yet
  16. 2014Album cover for Noise by BorisNoise81 B-
  17. 2015AsiaNo Breakdown yet
  18. 2015Urban DanceNo Breakdown yet
  19. 2015WarpathNo Breakdown yet
  20. 2016GenshoNo Breakdown yet
  21. 2017Album cover for Dear by BorisDear76 C
  22. 2019Love & EvolNo Breakdown yet
  23. 20202R0I2P0No Breakdown yet
  24. 2020NoNo Breakdown yet
  25. 2022Album cover for W by BorisW77 C+
  26. 2022FadeNo Breakdown yet
  27. 2022Heavy RocksNo Breakdown yet

Which critics love Boris, and which don’t

Each outlet’s scores set against the other critics on the same albums. Outlets that scored at least 3 Boris albums.

Coolest on Boris Pitchfork: 4 points below the other critics, on average, across 8 albums.

Outlet by outlet

Average points above or below the other critics. Tap an outlet for its scores album by album.

AllMusic9 albums+1
  1. Akuma no Uta 200380 vs 91 from 2 others −11
  2. Boris at Last -Feedbacker- 200390 vs 89 from 2 others +2
  3. Sun Baked Snow Cave 200560 vs 67 from 2 others −7
  4. Pink 2005100 vs 75 from 5 others +25
  5. Rainbow 200680 vs 81 from 2 others −1
  6. New Album 201180 vs 76 from 6 others +4
  7. Noise 201480 vs 82 from 2 others −2
  8. Dear 201780 vs 75 from 4 others +5
  9. W 202270 vs 79 from 3 others −9

All AllMusic reviews

Pitchfork8 albums−4
  1. Akuma no Uta 200382 vs 90 from 2 others −8
  2. Boris at Last -Feedbacker- 200377 vs 95 from 2 others −18
  3. Sun Baked Snow Cave 200565 vs 64 from 2 others +1
  4. Pink 200587 vs 78 from 5 others +9
  5. Rainbow 200682 vs 80 from 2 others +2
  6. New Album 201165 vs 79 from 6 others −14
  7. Noise 201478 vs 83 from 2 others −5
  8. W 202278 vs 77 from 3 others +1

All Pitchfork reviews

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