The People's Key
by Bright Eyes
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The People's Key is ranked 7th best out of 17 albums by Bright Eyes on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bright Eyes is I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning which is ranked number 412 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,042.
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The People's Key track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 17 hours ago | brokenpop | 155 | 82/100 | |
| 01/19/2026 00:16 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 | |
| 12/13/2025 14:58 | TonySayers61 | 24,752 | 64/100 | |
| 08/01/2025 02:21 | dhbarrett | 8,511 | 65/100 | |
| 04/11/2025 23:06 | PapaShiz86 | 11,450 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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adnielsen 02/05/2019 05:10 | #231379
Overall OK but underwhelming. I listened to this album a lot in 2011-2012 years and listening back now in 2019, I’m less impressed. Standouts for me include a signature Oberst sad sad song “Ladder Song”, the Rastafarian-influenced “One for You, One for Me”, and “Jejune Stars” which the band once played on American late night tv. There are a lot of dull songs sandwiched between the standouts. Not in my top five favourite Bright Eyes releases but I enjoy it ever now and again.
Album that sounds good. Nice music. This is not an outstanding work but at least you can listen to it quietly and not to just wait finally ended.
kötü albüm, adamin en kötüsü.
The Ladder Song. Wow.
paladisiac 12/15/2011 22:43 | #33057
While i like this bright eyes album, it's the least inventive and compelling of his bright eyes moniker. Maybe the wunderkid has lost the fire and has slipped into the creative sterility of old age.
covecove 04/18/2011 01:58 | #20467
A fine album, Oberst mantains that country style vibe to casually lead his lyrics, sometimes pretencious others beautiful. Nothing special though.
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