Billy Breathes (studio album) by Phish

Billy Breathes by Phish
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 9,364th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 77 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (188th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,574th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,364th)
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Phish bestography

Billy Breathes is ranked 6th best out of 59 albums by Phish on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Phish is A Live One which is ranked number 3947 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 364.

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Billy Breathes track list

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

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 77 votes)
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12/23/2023 00:09 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 10,05375/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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85/100
From 01/30/2019 21:37
Doesn't anybody see the sheer beauty of Waste and the jazzy playfulness of Taste: my two favorite Phish tracks collected on one album.
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From 09/18/2017 20:29
Meh. Middling effort by a band that sometimes phones in their studio albums. They are capable of much better.
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From 05/28/2016 16:51
How can this be higher rated the Picture of Nectar? Great songs on Billy Breathes...but still?
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80/100
From 05/18/2016 03:32
Free and Talk are my favorite tracks. The beginning of Prince Caspian almost reminds me of what it really sounds like inside of a heart (that weird sound in the beginning, not so much the guitar of course).
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From 08/15/2014 15:48
Well said
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90/100
From 06/20/2014 02:19
Criminally underrated album, really wish more people would give this and other studio Phish a listen!
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