I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose
by Bombay Bicycle Club
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Bombay Bicycle Club bestography
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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 18 Music Albums of 2009 | 11/18 | 2 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000) | 29/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Debut Albums | 27/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 87 Music Albums of 2009 | 5/87 | 5 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 401-500 | 41/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest British Albums | 54/100 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 29/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 75 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 287 | |||
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I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/14/2026 12:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,424 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2026 11:43 | cicadelic | 14,253 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 18:07 | wizardalien | 918 | 48/100 |
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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 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/18/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5469): By wizardalienView latest topic →
dihansse 03/03/2017 20:17 in My discoveries per yearI Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose comments
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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)
nauseating album
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