I Am Very Far
by Okkervil River
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Okkervil River bestography
I Am Very Far is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Okkervil River on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Okkervil River is Black Sheep Boy which is ranked number 3161 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 484.
(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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I Am Very Far track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I Am Very Far rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard :: 2011 Year In Review | 15/59 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 79 Music Albums of 2011 | 72/79 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Pinpoint Music Top 25 Albums of 2011 | 20/25 | - |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Neon Filler Top 20 Albums of 2011 | 19/20 | - |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  buzzdainer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 16 | 7/32 | - |
| 2022 | buzzdainer | Top 72 Music Albums of 2011 | 8/72 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 71 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/09/2025 02:55 | dhbarrett | 8,833 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2021 05:39 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2021 01:15 | Moondance | 20,840 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.
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Komorebi-D 05/06/2018 09:23 in What album are you listening to right now?I Am Very Far comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/25/2017 01:18 | #186289
Okkervil River hasn't been the most prolific band of the 2010's, but they might be the most consistent. Everything they've recorded in this decade has been somewhere in the zone between indie rock and indie folk, often inflected by the New England landscapes of frontman Will Sheff's childhood and the alt-country environs of the band's current home of Austin, Texas. It's a formula that has brought the band much critical praise and a loyal, if not massive, following. I Am Very Far is a polished piece of work, and while it lacks the one transcendent track that makes some of their other albums so memorable, it does include the painful and evocative lyrics of "Your Past Life as a Blast": "I'll tell you what I didn't say / I'll tell you about the way I really miss him / You tell them what you want to tell them / Tell them 'bout the way you really loved her." Sung like a man who knows heartache about as well as any songwriter alive.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/15/2011 22:32 | #33048
Not as complicated as their last pseudo-concept album, this one drops the pretense and simply rocks out as okkervil river can. It sounds a little more delicate and grand than past (dark) albums (like "black sheep boy"), but it's a welcome change.
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 13:30 | #81859
Okkervil River goes for carefully orchestrated arrangements and well-crafted lyrics. And they do it well, this is definitely an album worth checking out.
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