Bitter Tea
by The Fiery Furnaces

Bitter Tea by The Fiery Furnaces
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-04-18
Overall rank: 14,442nd   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 29 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2006 (254th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,599th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,442nd)

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The Fiery Furnaces bestography

Bitter Tea is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by The Fiery Furnaces on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Fiery Furnaces is Blueberry Boat which is ranked number 3243 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 463.

The Fiery Furnaces album bestography « Higher ranked (5,788th)
Gallowsbird's Bark
This album (14,442nd)
Bitter Tea
Lower ranked (18,441st) »
EP

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Bitter Tea track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Bitter Tea rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,442nd | 2000s rank: 2,599th | 2006 rank: 254th

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Bitter Tea ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 29 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.

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80/100
From 07/10/2015 18:41 | #145484
I enjoyed this one more than the rest of their work. This is also, to me, their weirdest and most experimental record. I wonder if there's a connection.
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From 09/02/2013 14:45 | #85027
The best FF album in my opinion (heard GB, BB, and most of EP so far). Benton Harbor Blues hits close to home...

The one complaint I would have is that the last three tracks are a bit unnecessary.. Not bad, but Benton Harbor Blues would be an excellent closer, + the two reprises just seem worse than the original songs..
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From 04/19/2011 05:43 | #20512
Cool stuff. "Benton Harbor Blues" & "Waiting to Know You" are two of my favorite tracks from the past decade. This album is never boring & flows better than their other efforts. Check it out.
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