Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
by The Tallest Man On Earth

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird by The Tallest Man On Earth
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-09-06
Overall rank: 5,549th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 59 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2010 (96th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,033rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,549th)

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The Tallest Man On Earth bestography

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird is ranked 5th best out of 11 albums by The Tallest Man On Earth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Tallest Man On Earth is The Wild Hunt which is ranked number 708 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,450.

The Tallest Man On Earth album bestography « Higher ranked (4,381st)
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This album (5,549th)
Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,549th | 2010s rank: 1,033rd | 2010 rank: 96th
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Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 42
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 243
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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 77.2/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.

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From 12/02/2016 03:31 | #179466
The music is good but his debt with Dylan is so huge that in the end is ridiculous.
A nice listening though.
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From 05/14/2015 23:42 | #141465
Thisartist never disappoints gorgeous songs. 5 stars! MEZ
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From 11/04/2013 17:56 | #90669
The greatest EP. Ever. Pure beauty.

the 5 songs on here are an incredible, flowing tour-De-force of tenderest beauty. It is filled with the most achingly gorgeous melodies and guitar playing and some of the greatest lyrics I've ever heard. The vocals are so true, and plain and perfect throughout. It is truly unbelievable how impeccable this record is. This EP with the full length album of the same year "The Wild Hunt" mark my favorite music by any artist. Ever.
Listen to: "Like The Wheel", and "Tangle in this Trampled Wheat".


(P.S. this record is truly a godsend of musical perfection.)

"And we live so close that we've probably seen
The same bird, the same time
That solemnly screams
One day, I'll find just that friend who can see
All this weird beauty
Thrown right at me"
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