Snow Bound
by The Chills
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Snow Bound is ranked 7th best out of 14 albums by Martin Phillipps & The Chills on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Martin Phillipps & The Chills is Submarine Bells which is ranked number 5304 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 261.
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Snow Bound track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Snow Bound 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 |  MadhattanJack | Top 75 Music Albums of 2018 | 5/75 | 5 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 24 Music Albums of 2018 | 17/24 | 2 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 2018 | 59/99 | 2 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | mikepen | Top 20 Music Albums of 2018 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2019 | Highhopes | Top 20 Music Albums of 2018 | 5/20 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Snow Bound ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/03/2024 09:00 | TheHutts | 2,107 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2022 06:12 | LosWochos | 47,536 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2022 23:18 | MadhattanJack | 6,023 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
Snow Bound forum mentions
dihansse 09/15/2018 20:07 in 2018 AlbumsSnow Bound comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/11/2018 10:48 | #224300
Clarification to johnner's assertion Martin is suffering from a terminal illness , yes he has an illness but reports of his demise have been greatly exaggerated . I won't go into details but be reassured Martin has responded well to a miracle drug and is doing as well as can be expected in 2018
Following 1996's 'Sunburnt' Marty goes to the cold extreme this time on 'Snow Bound'
And its a very nice offering
There is that trade mark Chills sounding DNA present on tracks such as "The Greatest Guide" , especially title track "Snow Bound" which very much sounds like the wonderful "Rolling Moon" ( play the 2 tracks back to back and you'll understand) , "Easy Peazy" and closer "In Harmony"
For mine the best moments are kept for the slower number in "Deep Belief" and the the mid-tempo "Lord of All I Survey"
Now 55 years old , its wonderful Marty is still releasing great music in 2018 some 36 years since it all began
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/26/2018 01:19 | #221696
For a musician suffering from a terminal condition, an album over-brimming with boundless optimism is the last thing you’d expect but that’s exactly what you get. More than anything, Martin Phillips is ready to tell us what a joy life is, ready to wring every last drop of happiness from each and every day. And it’s hard to disagree, particularly when each tune floats by on the same cloud as a...heavenly pop hit.
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