I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
by Bombay Bicycle Club

I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose by Bombay Bicycle Club
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-07-03
Overall rank: 4,818th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 97 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (82nd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (820th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,818th)

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I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose is ranked as the best album by Bombay Bicycle Club.

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I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
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I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose 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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I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,818th | 2000s rank: 820th | 2009 rank: 82nd  Overall chart history
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2026wizardalienTop 21 Music Albums of 20091/215
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s65/1007
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest British Albums54/100 -
2026cmoshierTop 99 Music Albums of 200993/990
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2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s29/10014
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2026Foxforce5Top 18 Music Albums of 200911/182
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century53/100 -
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s98/1001
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2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist)57/100 -
2026LittleM1971Top 87 Music Albums of 20095/875
2025PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200976/1001
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 200928/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 76
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 296
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 97 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.


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Really underrated band. Got into them properly after watching their recent Glastonbury set. Always Like This is a very well known song and a brilliant headline track but for me The Hill is very special. Has become one of my favourite songs. Listened to it religiously last summer and a lot of the lyrics rang true to me at the time, not to mention the incredible bridge which is one of my favourite ever. Infact, lots of these tracks have lovely bridges - can't only listen to half of the songs otherwise you'll be missing something spectacular. There are a few bland tracks on this album which take the rating down a bit for me, but it's still made it into my overall chart. Looking forward to rating the rest of their discography (Edited)
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nauseating album
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