Knock Knock
by Smog

Knock Knock by Smog
Year: 1999
Release date: 1999-01-12
Overall rank: 3,405th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 107 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (51st)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (566th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,405th)

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Smog bestography

Knock Knock is ranked 4th best out of 27 albums by Bill Callahan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bill Callahan is Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle which is ranked number 1958 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 847.

Smog album bestography « Higher ranked (3,335th)
Apocalypse
This album (3,405th)
Knock Knock
Lower ranked (4,349th) »
Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest

(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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Knock Knock rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,405th | 1990s rank: 566th | 1999 rank: 51st

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Knock Knock ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 107 votes)
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04/06/2026 03:25 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,71575/100
 
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03/21/2026 11:01 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,32182/100
 
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02/25/2026 20:08 Map  Ratings distribution  50081/100
 
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12/29/2025 18:18 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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07/16/2025 20:21 imimesis  Ratings distribution  2,02581/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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65/100
From 01/24/2017 05:47 | #184046
Not the best Bill has produced, but with some really nice songs like Held, Cold Blooded Old Times and Hit the Ground Running.
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95/100
From 01/15/2017 07:21 | #182761
Smog goes electric (as hinted on 1996's excellent, Kicking a Couple Around EP). He adopts various personas; some relatable, others perverse. And coerces out his inner Dylan.
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90/100
From 10/03/2015 20:18 | #150903
One of the most inspired Smog's album.
Produced by Jim O'Rourke, contains the most famous Smog's song,"Cold Blooded Times" which later appeared on the High Fidelity film soundtrack, and stunning songs like Teenage Spaceship.
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35/100
From 07/12/2015 20:06 | #145601
Not bad
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