5 Seconds of SummerBest 5 Seconds of Summer Albums Ranked
7.1
Avg Score
120
Opinions
18
Albums
8
Reviewers
Summary from 120 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated 5 Seconds of Summer’s catalog across 18 albums from 120 opinions, with an overall average of 7.1/10. The top-rated 5 Seconds of Summer album is 5SOS5 (2022) with a 8.3/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Youngblood (Deluxe) and CALM. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2014 to 2025. Moodswings ranks as the highest-rated 5 Seconds of Summer song on Rate.fm with a 9.8/10 average.
5SOS5
“5 Seconds Of Summer demonstrate a matured self-awareness on 5SOS5”
EVERYONE'S A STAR!
“The Aussie foursome have fun with their past while continuing to play with darker sounds on Everyone’s a Star!”
Youngblood (Deluxe)
“The pop-punk band reinvents its sound and prematurely weighs the stakes of fast success”
Sounds Good Feels Good
“I’ve always been aware of 5 Seconds of Summer, so I came into Sounds Good Feels Good knowing the whole story: the Australian pop-rock band that went from YouTube covers and the One Direction touring circuit to suddenly becoming one of the biggest young bands in the world. But listening to this album again with fresh ears, I think there’s more going on here than the “boy band that plays instruments” label ever gave them credit for. Sounds Good Feels Good is messy, loud, occasionally cheesy, and very much a product of its time. But it’s also surprisingly vulnerable. The album wears its pop-punk influences proudly, sometimes a little too proudly. “She’s Kinda Hot” is basically a neon sign announcing that 5SOS wants to be the soundtrack for every teenager who feels misunderstood, while songs like “Hey Everybody!” and “Money” lean into that youthful, carefree energy. There are moments where the whole thing feels like the band is trying really hard to prove something. But then you get to songs like “Jet Black Heart,” and suddenly the album gets serious. That song is still the emotional centerpiece for me. There’s something genuinely heartbreaking about the way they sing about being flawed, complicated, and difficult to understand. “Broken Home” and “Invisible” continue that vulnerability, while “The Girl Who Cried Wolf” captures that feeling of being emotionally exhausted but still wanting someone to notice. And then there’s “Outer Space / Carry On,” which feels like the perfect ending. It’s dramatic without completely losing the intimacy underneath it, and it leaves the album on a much more reflective note than the first half might suggest. What I appreciate most is hearing 5SOS trying to grow beyond the image people had already created for them. Their debut had the excitement of a young band figuring themselves out. Sounds Good Feels Good feels like four guys saying, “Okay, but what if we actually have something to say?” They don’t always get it right. Some of the lyrics can feel overly sentimental, some of the production is very mid-2010s pop-rock, and there are definitely songs I enjoy more than others. But I actually think those imperfections make the album more interesting. You can hear a band experimenting with identity in real time. And honestly, there’s something really nostalgic about that. Sounds Good Feels Good sounds like 2015. It sounds like Tumblr, Vans, Warped Tour energy, messy teenage emotions, late-night conversations, and being convinced that nobody else understands what you’re going through. Even if you’ve grown older since then, there’s something comforting about returning to that feeling. I wouldn’t call it a perfect album, and I don’t think it needs to be. Its best moments are strong enough to explain why so many 5SOS fans still have such a deep attachment to this era. Favorite tracks: “Jet Black Heart,” “Castaway,” “Vapor,” “Broken Home,” “Invisible,” “Outer Space / Carry On” Sounds Good Feels Good isn’t 5SOS at their most refined. It’s 5SOS at their most restless, emotional, and determined to prove that there’s more underneath the surface. And sometimes, that makes for a much more memorable album than perfection ever could.”
5 Seconds of Summer
“I’ll be honest: before listening to this album, I mostly knew 5 Seconds of Summer as that band from the One Direction era. I knew the name, I knew “She Looks So Perfect,” and I knew they had a massive teenage following, but I never really took the time to sit down and listen to them properly. So going into their self-titled debut years later, I wasn’t expecting much beyond catchy pop-rock made for screaming along to at a concert. And honestly? I was pleasantly surprised. 5 Seconds of Summer is very much a product of 2014. You can hear the pop-punk influence, the glossy radio production, the gigantic choruses and the youthful energy in practically every song. It’s not an album that’s trying to reinvent music, and lyrically it can definitely feel like four young guys figuring themselves out in real time. But there’s something incredibly charming about how unapologetically youthful it is. “She Looks So Perfect” is obviously the big introduction, and it still works. It’s ridiculously catchy and has that kind of chorus that immediately transports you back to the mid-2010s. “Don’t Stop” has that same carefree energy, while “Good Girls” feels like another perfectly engineered teenage pop-rock anthem. But what caught me off guard were the quieter moments. “Amnesia” is probably the song that made me understand why people connected with this band beyond the catchy singles. There’s a genuine vulnerability underneath all the pop-rock polish, and “Everything I Didn’t Say” and “Beside You” show that they weren’t completely dependent on huge hooks and loud guitars. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Some of the songwriting feels dated, some of the production is very much locked into its era, and there are moments where the whole thing feels like a time capsule of what a successful teenage band sounded like in 2014. But I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. If anything, that’s part of the appeal. Listening to this album now, I can understand why so many people grew up with 5SOS. There’s an innocence here that you can’t really recreate once a band gets older and more established. They’re enthusiastic, a little messy, sometimes cheesy, but clearly having fun. You can hear the beginnings of the band they would eventually become. I wouldn’t call 5 Seconds of Summer their most mature or adventurous album, but I don’t think it needs to be. It’s a snapshot of a band at the exact moment they went from being a name associated with the One Direction phenomenon to becoming an actual pop-rock band with an identity of their own. As someone who knew of 5SOS but never really considered myself a fan, this album gave me a much better appreciation for why they became so important to people.”
EVERYONE'S A STAR!
“I’ve always been aware of 5 Seconds of Summer. They’re one of those bands whose music has been around me for years, from their early pop-rock days to the more polished sound of Youngblood and the experimentation of CALM and 5SOS5. So going into EVERYONE’S A STAR!, I was mostly curious to see where they would take things next. And honestly, I wasn’t expecting this. This feels like 5SOS having fun with their identity while still acknowledging everything that came before. There’s a lot more electronic and dance influence here, but the band’s personality hasn’t disappeared. If anything, the experimentation makes them feel more confident. “Boyband” is especially fun because of how self-aware it is, while “Evolve” and “Telephone Busy” show just how comfortable they are playing around with different sounds. I also really like how the album balances the fun with more vulnerable moments. It doesn’t feel like they’re trying to prove that they’ve outgrown their past; it feels more like they’re saying, “We’ve been doing this for a long time, and now we get to decide what 5SOS sounds like.” That confidence is probably my favorite thing about the record. What surprised me most is how easy this album is to enjoy. I’m familiar enough with 5SOS to recognize the evolution, but I don’t need to be a longtime superfan to appreciate what they’re doing here. It feels energetic, playful and genuinely alive. There are moments where I wish some of the production were a little less polished because I love when the band’s instruments are more prominent, but that’s a relatively small complaint. The experimentation is what makes this era interesting. Overall, EVERYONE’S A STAR! feels like 5SOS refusing to stay in one box. They started as the young pop-rock band everyone knew, evolved into something much more ambitious, and now seem completely comfortable experimenting with their sound.”