Bitter Tea
by The Fiery Furnaces
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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 3017 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 508.
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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).
Bitter Tea rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Only Over 10k | 18/99 | - |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 70 Music Albums of 2006 | 50/70 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 96 Music Albums of 2006 | 38/96 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 81 Music Albums of 2006 | 25/81 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2006 | 32/73 | - |
| 2025 | Jaymantheman | Top 30 Music Albums of 2006 | 24/30 | 1 |
| 2024 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2024 |  identifer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 100/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 32 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 78 | |||
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Bitter Tea ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/02/2026 14:09 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 04:49 | PapaShiz86 | 11,790 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2025 01:15 | ExTeaSea | 5,249 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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Bitter Tea forum mentions
NickVolos 10/29/2013 00:38 in Promoting your favorite albumsBitter Tea comments
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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.. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
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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