Hospital Music
by Matthew Good
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Matthew Good bestography
Hospital Music is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by Matthew Good on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Matthew Good is Beautiful Midnight which is ranked number 6347 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 210.
(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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Hospital Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hospital Music rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  jhuik | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 26/100 | 70 |
| 2026 | jhuik | Best/ Favourite Songs of All Time | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2007 | 20/20 | 0 |
| 2025 | jhuik | Favourite Artists (Favourite Albums) -- My Top 100 Artists | 12/100 | - |
| 2025 | TheDarkOrb | Top 47 Music Albums of 2007 | 4/47 | 5 |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  dihansse | Top 74 Music Albums of 2007 | 26/74 | 3 |
| 2024 | jhuik | 100 Great Artists and Albums That BEA Forgot (Below Top 1000) | 53/92 | - |
| 2023 | conallmalone | Top 54 Music Albums of 2007 | 47/54 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 118 | |||
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Hospital Music ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 14:49 | cestuneblague | 8,261 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2025 14:36 | TonySayers61 | 25,799 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2025 21:03 | dihansse | 6,390 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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Hospital Music forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5381): By jhuik dihansse 03/20/2025 21:20 in My discoveries per yearHospital Music comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/12/2017 15:55 | #187314 | TOP COMMENT
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The lyrics are pretty much the best Matt Good's ever done; it's tough not to be affected when you know the context of his life at this time (failed relationship, mental illness, addiction & suicide attempt). However, what keeps this from being a classic is the fact that the music is the same as the previous few Matt Good releases. It's good, but this could have been amazing. (Edited)
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/08/2011 17:24 | #28136 | TOP COMMENT
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Much-maligned, under-appreciated, contentious, yet loved by many, Matthew Good, one of many proverbial tortured geniuses in rock history, hit new heights with this record. It combines raw emotion with well-placed social commentary. A bad divorce, bipolar disorder, an unnecessary war and cancer in the family of a close friend all combined to inspire a wide variety of epic songs. I know I'm in a very, very small minority (even among his fans) when I say this but this is the finest moment in the career of a very talented singer songwriter. I absolutely stand by my assertion that this is one of the best music albums ever. I wish more people were on board with me that track-for-track this is an extremely solid album punctuated often by absolute brilliance....
Years later, I still think this is a work of genius. For all the genius of Black Helicopter, Born Losers and I'm A Window, etc., the real standouts are the understated songwriting, beautiful singing expansions on Odette, Single Spark Explosion and 99%. Such a great album!
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