The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
by Badly Drawn Boy
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Badly Drawn Boy bestography
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast is ranked as the best album by Badly Drawn Boy.
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast 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 | Johnnyo | Test chart | 47/49 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 201-300 | 15/100 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 70 Music Albums of 2000 | 47/70 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 90/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 72 Music Albums of 2000 | 40/72 | 2 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 19 Music Albums of 2000 | 14/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000) | 36/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 55 Music Albums of 2000 | 2/55 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 220 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 935 | |||
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2026 21:17 | LittleM1971 | 6,008 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 14:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,246 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 17:50 | libbyshuss | 99 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5369): By blueandthemoonView latest topic →
pedro1976 06/06/2026 08:15 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 11/24/2025 20:20 in My discoveries per yearView all forum mentions
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast comments
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Damon Gough's greatest album. It's an eclectic record, full of fantastic songs and is an excellent musical journey through different moods and styles. A modern day British classic.
flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/25/2016 13:27 | #164454 | TOP COMMENT
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Brilliant, beautiful album - truly magical. Terribly underrated!
P.S. Just noticed the comment below - the fun part is that Say It Again is probably my least favourite on the record (still a great song, just so many better ones on here) - the thing is that this record is so consistently awesome any track has a shot at being your favourite! Find which one is yours why don't you :)
Goes on and on. Playing acoustic guitar and murmuring about god knows what. 18 tracks and no favorite.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2017 09:39 | #203263 | TOP COMMENT
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Nice release from Damon, plenty to enjoy here. Highly recommended
A great album, surprised it's so lowly ranked in the overall chart. Very diverse tracklist, you've got the mix of poppy songs and acoustic ballads. A few filler tracks but they are only a minute long each so don't disrupt the flow of the album. Even though it's got a lot of tracks it's a very easy album to listen to. Of the full length tracks, there are none that I dislike. My highlights are Once Around The Block, Cause A Rockslide, The Shining and Disillusion.
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