Apocalypse (studio album)
by Bill Callahan

Apocalypse by Bill Callahan
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-04-05
Overall rank: 3,380th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 101 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (73rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (582nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,380th)

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Bill Callahan bestography

Apocalypse is ranked 3rd best out of 26 albums by Bill Callahan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bill Callahan is Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle which is ranked number 1966 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 842.

Bill Callahan album bestography « Higher ranked (2,717th)
Dream River
This album (3,380th)
Apocalypse
Lower ranked (3,395th) »
Knock Knock

(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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Apocalypse track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Apocalypse rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,380th | 2010s rank: 582nd | 2011 rank: 73rd

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Apocalypse ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 101 votes)
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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 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.

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From 08/10/2016 02:37 | #172668
The sound, the performance and the mix are an absolute sound design masterpiece. The basic songs behind it are not brilliant, except Drover! That's perfect harmony.
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From 07/07/2016 13:03 | #170770
Another strong album from Bill Callahan. Apocalypse, is another masterpiece from one of the most intriguing songwriters of the last twenty years.
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From 02/13/2016 04:05 | #159529
Great album. My intro to Callahan and I'm excited to explore more. Surreal nature imagery is wonderful.
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From 06/08/2012 02:49 | #44080
i don't know how anyone could not like the song drover
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