Curtains
by Tindersticks

Curtains by Tindersticks
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 3,489th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 84 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (575th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,489th)

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Tindersticks bestography

Curtains is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by Tindersticks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tindersticks is The First Tindersticks Album which is ranked number 1645 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,035.

Tindersticks album bestography « Higher ranked (3,006th)
Tindersticks
This album (3,489th)
Curtains
Lower ranked (7,258th) »
The Something Rain

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Curtains track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,489th | 1990s rank: 575th | 1997 rank: 54th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 84 votes)
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75/100
 
02/17/2026 12:20 Gedi  Ratings distribution  15384/100
 
50/100
 
12/29/2025 18:24 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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12/11/2025 02:43 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,53373/100
 
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12/05/2025 14:50 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47180/100
 
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10/27/2025 15:14 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,00869/100

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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 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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From 08/25/2018 13:01 | #220076
2018 a new LP-version entered the market with 8! bonus tracks. I promise you it's well spent money on Tidersticks epicentre, their absolute peak. Curtains is more magic than than most souls can handle. It's distilled raw beauty.
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From 07/07/2017 07:54 | #193854
No comments on this album. It's a beautiful piece. Wierd info is that the murderer of Anna Lind went to a concert by Tindersticks right before.
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