The Foundation
by Zac Brown Band

The Foundation by Zac Brown Band
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-11-18
Overall rank: 10,877th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (191st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,895th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,877th)

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The Foundation is ranked as the best album by Zac Brown Band.

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Overall rank: 10,877th | 2000s rank: 1,895th | 2008 rank: 191st

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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 35 votes)
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11/21/2025 03:22 bcole19  Ratings distribution  62089/100
 
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09/30/2025 12:33 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,20764/100
 
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06/19/2025 17:38 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,54465/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.3/100, a mean average of 64.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.3.

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From 06/30/2014 13:33 | #115643
While it's not my thing, it's incredibly consistent in quality throughout with impressive variety -from the heart-tugging Highway 20 Ride to the bar-storming, fiddle-flying romp It's Not Ok to the Key Largo calling-all-parrotheads Toes. I'd have a blast seeing this band live in the right setting. Probably the funnest album in the 1500+ tourney!

Haha! My two kids r going to LOVE Sic 'Em on a Chicken. I can see them hootenanny-ing it up already.

If I had to rank this soley on whether it achieves what it aims to achieve: 9/10
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From 11/19/2013 02:51 | #93502
Not only a sentimental favorite, but everything here is so cohesive.
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