Apocalypse
by Bill Callahan

Apocalypse by Bill Callahan
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-04-05
Overall rank: 3,255th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 104 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (68th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (546th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,255th)

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Bill Callahan bestography

Apocalypse is ranked 3rd best out of 28 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 1905 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 885.

Bill Callahan album bestography « Higher ranked (2,602nd)
Dream River
This album (3,255th)
Apocalypse
Lower ranked (3,462nd) »
Knock Knock

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  Track ratings 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 summary
Overall rank: 3,255th | 2010s rank: 546th | 2011 rank: 68th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 104 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 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.


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70/100
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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85/100
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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85/100
Great album. My intro to Callahan and I'm excited to explore more. Surreal nature imagery is wonderful.
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85/100
i don't know how anyone could not like the song drover
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