Through The Trees
by The Handsome Family
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Through The Trees is ranked as the best album by The Handsome Family.
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Through The Trees track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Through The Trees rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 80 Music Albums of 1998 | 35/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 19 Music Albums of 1998 | 9/19 | 3 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 32 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/32 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Dankel | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 32/40 | 1 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Greatest alums of the 90's (101 - 200) by U R C | 70/100 | - |
| 2024 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  samistake2ice | Top 26 Music Albums of 1998 | 13/26 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 123 | |||
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Through The Trees ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/24/2026 02:26 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2025 15:49 | TonySayers61 | 25,488 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2023 07:22 | Jantje | 692 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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This is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. (Edited)
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