B-Side Guys

The Coral

The Coral’s albums, ranked by what the critics we trust thought of each one. 4 have a B-Side Breakdown, averaging 69 (Mixed Bag). See the discography in release order.

What is The Coral’s best album?

By the critics, it’s The Coral (2002), with a B-Side Breakdown of 75 (Keeper) from 10 reviews. 60% of them liked it.

Next best: The Invisible Invasion (69) and Magic and Medicine (68). Lowest rated: Roots & Echoes (65).

The Coral albums ranked

Best to worst by B-Side Breakdown.

  1. 1. The Coral (2002): 75 Keeper
  2. 2. The Invisible Invasion (2005): 69 Mixed Bag
  3. 3. Magic and Medicine (2003): 68 Mixed Bag
  4. 4. Roots & Echoes (2007): 65 Mixed Bag

The Coral discography, in release order

The earliest here75The Coral, 2002. Still the best reviewed.The latest65Roots & Echoes, 2007. 10 points below The Coral.

The career, by Breakdown

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

5010070likedThe Coral (2002): 75752002Magic and Medicine (2003): 68682003The Invisible Invasion (2005): 69692005Roots & Echoes (2007): 65652007

Every The Coral album we track, oldest first.

  1. 2002Album cover for The Coral by The CoralThe Coral75 Keeper
  2. 2003Album cover for Magic and Medicine by The CoralMagic and Medicine68 Mixed Bag
  3. 2005Album cover for The Invisible Invasion by The CoralThe Invisible Invasion69 Mixed Bag
  4. 2007Album cover for Roots & Echoes by The CoralRoots & Echoes65 Mixed Bag

Which critics love The Coral, and which don’t

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

Warmest on The CoralQ12 points above the other critics, on average, across 3 albums.Coolest on The CoralRolling Stone12 points below the other critics, on average, across 3 albums.

Outlet by outlet

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

Q3 albums+12
  1. The Coral 200280 vs 74 from 9 others +6
  2. Magic and Medicine 200380 vs 67 from 9 others +13
  3. Roots & Echoes 200780 vs 63 from 7 others +17

All Q reviews

AllMusic4 albums+9
  1. The Coral 200270 vs 75 from 9 others −5
  2. Magic and Medicine 200370 vs 68 from 9 others +2
  3. The Invisible Invasion 200590 vs 66 from 7 others +24
  4. Roots & Echoes 200780 vs 63 from 7 others +17

All AllMusic reviews

NME4 albums+9
  1. The Coral 200290 vs 73 from 9 others +17
  2. Magic and Medicine 200380 vs 67 from 9 others +13
  3. The Invisible Invasion 200570 vs 69 from 7 others +1
  4. Roots & Echoes 200770 vs 65 from 7 others +5

All NME reviews

The Guardian4 albums+6
  1. The Coral 2002100 vs 72 from 9 others +28
  2. Magic and Medicine 200360 vs 69 from 9 others −9
  3. The Invisible Invasion 200580 vs 67 from 7 others +13
  4. Roots & Echoes 200760 vs 66 from 7 others −6

All The Guardian reviews

Pitchfork4 albums−9
  1. The Coral 200268 vs 76 from 9 others −8
  2. Magic and Medicine 200367 vs 68 from 9 others −1
  3. The Invisible Invasion 200560 vs 70 from 7 others −10
  4. Roots & Echoes 200752 vs 67 from 7 others −15

All Pitchfork reviews

Rolling Stone3 albums−12
  1. The Coral 200260 vs 76 from 9 others −16
  2. Magic and Medicine 200360 vs 69 from 9 others −9
  3. The Invisible Invasion 200560 vs 70 from 7 others −10

All Rolling Stone reviews

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