The Forest
by David Byrne
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David Byrne bestography
The Forest is ranked 15th best out of 17 albums by David Byrne on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by David Byrne is American Utopia which is ranked number 7131 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 182.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Forest track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (1 out of 10 tracks have been rated).
The Forest rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |  OneFineDay | Top 26 Greatest Music Albums | 21/26 | 6 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 56 Music Albums of 1991 | 56/56 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 2 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6 | |||
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The Forest ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/06/2025 09:21 |  Tamthebam | 23,336 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2025 03:06 | Moondance | 20,810 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 04:28 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | 1,131 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.3/100, a mean average of 60.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
The Forest comments
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TheDude85 01/31/2022 17:54 | #280369
Not necessarily a soundtrack - this collection by David Byrne follows a collaboration with Robert Wilson (with whom he previously worked on "The Knee Plays") and provides an almost classical style music set for Byrne to experiment over. Not always successful, the music swoops through several different genres/styles of music and can either be loved or ignored. I wouldn't rate this as a highlight of Byrne's solo career.
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