The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
by The Besnard Lakes

The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse by The Besnard Lakes
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-02-20
Overall rank: 12,328th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2007 (231st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,168th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,328th)

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The Besnard Lakes bestography

The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by The Besnard Lakes on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Besnard Lakes is The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night which is ranked number 7699 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 165.

The Besnard Lakes album bestography « Higher ranked (7,699th)
The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
This album (12,328th)
The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
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The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse

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The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,328th | 2000s rank: 2,168th | 2007 rank: 231st
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2026cicadelicTop 86 Music Albums of 200784/860
2026craabTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s48/10011
2026cicadelicChart Attack Best Albums 200713/15 -
2026jonny5244Top 36 Music Albums of 200733/361
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200727/1004
2025 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 200734/82 -
2025craabTop 13 Music Albums of 20074/134
2024FieryGunHandTop 50 Music Albums of 200727/502
2024 meccaleccaTop 48 Music Albums of 200715/484
2024 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s90/1002
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2000s 0624/100 -
2024JohnnyoU R C magazine greatest albums of 2000’s (201 - 300)33/100 -
2022 ghosttomostTop 70 Music Albums of 200717/704
2021chriskarmanTop 50 Music Albums of 200715/504
2021mlgprounicornTop 100 Music Albums of 200799/1000
2020 ghosttomostTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s87/1003
2019Giant2015Greatest Canadian Albums39/100 -
2019 CellarDoorTop 59 Music Albums of 200732/592
2018ImaybeparanoidTop 100 Music Albums of 200780/1001
2018 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of 200761/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 37
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 95
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 25 votes)
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80/100
 
04/21/2026 07:34 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,72473/100
 
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03/23/2026 20:25 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,20997/100
 
70/100
 
04/13/2023 02:20 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100
 
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02/12/2023 17:29 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distribution  3,14372/100
 
85/100
 
01/10/2023 03:27 imacgill  Ratings distribution  2,72579/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.

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From 02/01/2015 16:08 | #133618
Le premier de la trilogie , aussi planant que les 2 suivants.
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From 05/20/2014 16:11 | #112365
Following the departure of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd recruits Brian Wilson to sing lead for a record.
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