Hug Of Thunder
by Broken Social Scene

Hug Of Thunder by Broken Social Scene
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-07-07
Overall rank: 4,297th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 131 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (83rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (767th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,297th)

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Broken Social Scene bestography

Hug Of Thunder is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Broken Social Scene on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Broken Social Scene is You Forgot It In People which is ranked number 312 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,495.

Broken Social Scene album bestography « Higher ranked (2,773rd)
Forgiveness Rock Record
This album (4,297th)
Hug Of Thunder
Lower ranked (6,272nd) »
Feel Good Lost

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Hug Of Thunder track list

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

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Hug Of Thunder rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,297th | 2010s rank: 767th | 2017 rank: 83rd

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Hug Of Thunder ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 131 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.9.

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90/100
From 05/02/2018 17:45 | #214035
Everybody is back! Loved hearing everybody contributing on this album, Feist, Amy and Emily. Ariel Engle did great live filling in, and on her own songs. Saw them a few days after Gord Downie died and Kevin Drew soldiered on but with a couple of rough patches and a walk off stage, but came back strong. Tough night but we (the crowd) needed the music.
Just love the album and the vinyl comes with a bonus tune.
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From 11/02/2017 22:56 | #200466
2017 has been a shit show. If ever an album were to save us with a glimmer of genuine hope, Broken Social Scene's Hug of Thunder is the one to do it. This is a big, bright, beautiful beacon, and I'm glad it exists.
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75/100
From 10/12/2017 02:21 | #199406
Broken Social Scene goes for a big sound, especially in the first half. These guys have quietly built quite the discography. In many ways, this sounds like what Arcade Fire meant to do.
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From 07/16/2017 19:42 | #194415
This album is really excellent, even if it dips a little in the second half. Definitely a return to form after so long.
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